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I've Even Heard Her Singing in the . . .
On Friday I had a meeting at the Mt. Angel Abbey Library, which was designed by the great Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. Because my wife is 100% Finnish American, we have several Aalto-designed glass pieces in our home, and we'd seen some of his buildings in Finland. The library, fairly close to Portland, is one of a handful of buildings/places designed by Aalto in America. Another, Harvard's Poetry Reading Room, has recently sparked controversy because some <editorializing> DIMWITS </editorializing> want to alter it. Of course, Harvard poetry is often entangled in poorly-planned schemes.
The library looks like it dropped out of a time machine from 2007, but it was designed in 1963 and completed in 1970. It's a perfect kind of place for monks, librarians, Finns, and more. My photos didn't turn out well, so I've borrowed one from the first site linked above.
