alvar
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alvar (plural alvars)
(geology) A limestone pavement.
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A college of priests called "tree bearers" (dendrophoroi) cut down a tree, Jaime Alvar, Romanising Oriental Gods: Myth, Salvation and Ethics in the Cults of Cybele, Isis and Mithras, translated by Richard Gordon (Brill, 2008), p. 288–289.
An annual prize is awarded to someone that has contributed to the national fandom by the Alvar Appeltofft Memorial Fund.
Alvar Aalto, Sketches, 1978, 104. * "We should work for simple, good, undecorated things" and he continues, "but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street."
Few writers, even the most seasoned, can produce collections of evenly superb stories, but Alvar triumphed on her first try.
It was Maire Gullichsen who acted as the main client, and she worked closely not only with Alvar but also Aino Aalto on the design, inspiring them to be more daring in their work.
Since the death of Elissa Aalto the office has continued to operate as the Alvar Aalto Academy, giving advice on the restoration of Aalto buildings and organising the vast archive material.