She graduated in architecture from the University of Helsinki in 1949, and the same year she joined the office of Alvar Aalto.
The Kunsten Museum of Modern Art was built between 1968-72 after designs by Elissa Aalto, Alvar Aalto and Jean-Jacques Baruël.
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