"The library building, which is closely related to the other main buildings of the Institute, is situated parallel to an old avenue which had formerly led to the centre of a large estate, and it forms one side of a large park."

— Karl Fleig. Alvar Aalto. p109.

"The library closes off at an oblique angle the third side of the park/court established by the main buildings of the Institute of Technology, begun twenty-two years previously. As a major reference library, the main problem was to provide good working conditions for the students over a three-storey basement for the library stacks. These spaces, and the small lending collection are housed in a faceted volume on the side, away from the main buildings. In the rectilinear tail of the building, offices and seminar rooms are provided."

— David Dunster, ed. Architectural Monographs 4: Alvar Aalto. p48.

Details

The library was designed in 1964 and built 1965 to 1969.