Born in 1898, Alvar Aalto is ranked by many design aficionados as the 20th Century's number one architect -- and not just in the phone book.

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"Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers, " by architect Witold Rybczynski and landscape architect Laurie Olin, is one of a number of popular and scholarly histories that in the past two decades have sought to redress this ideological imbalance.

WSJ: An American Renaissance Gem

It was designed by Scottish Architect Gerald de Courcey Fraser, who also designed a number of department stores for Lewis's.

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