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The great work of modernity have forever halted the utopian time of the optimism and hope ; even after decades of trying fate they radiate an air of spring and hope. Alvar Aalto’s Paimio Sanatorion is heartbreaking in its radiant belief in the humane future and the success of the societal mission of architecture. Le Corbs’ Villa Savoye makes us believe in the union of reason and beauty, ethics and aesthetics. Through periods of dramatic and tragic social and cultural changes, Konstantin Melnikov’s Melnikov House in Moscow has stood as a silent witness of the will and utopian spirit that once created it.

_Pallasmaa