Kaarlo Leppänen was Alvar Aalto’s “motor man”
Eeva Marjatta Snellman has written the book TEHTÄVÄ ARKKITEHTITOIMISTOSSA – Elissa ja Alvar Aalto & kumppanit (Task in an Architectural Office – Elissa and Alvar Aalto & partners).
In the article Kaarlo Leppänen was Alvar Aalto’s “motor man”, Snellman interviews architect Kari Leppänen, the son of architect Kaarlo Leppänen. Kari talks about his father, who was Alvar Aalto’s trusted architect for 20 years. In a conversation held in 2019, Kari Leppänen describes his home, the Leppänen family life, and his own growth into an architect in his father’s school.
