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Yale University Press has published Aalto and America, a new book co-edited by Stanford Anderson, Professor of Architecture Gail Fenske and David Fixler that assesses Finnish architect Alvar Aalto's engagement with America. Aalto completed three buildings in the United States—the Finnish Pavilion for the 1939 World’s Fair, Baker House Dormitory at MIT, and Mount Angel Library in Oregon—but his influence went much further in humanizing modern architecture, and contributing to a sense of regional expression here.