Gorgeous table in beautiful condition. I think ash, with birch legs. Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (Kuortane, 3 February1 898 – Helsinki, 11 May 1976) was a Finnish modernist architect and industrial designer. Aalto was one of the first and most influential architects of the modern movement in Scandinavia. He was a member of the CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne). Important pieces by Alvar Aalto are the Finlandia hall in Helsinky, the city hall in Säynätsalo and the campus of the former Technical University of Helsinki, which became the Aalto University in 2010. Most of his buildings are spread out over all of Finland, but some have also been realised far outside of it, i.a. in Germany and the United States.