There was also at this time more disposable income; one outlet for this was the growth in the number of leisure homes - previously the preserve of the very wealthy - preferably placed alone on one of the numerous isolated lakesides or the coastal waterfront.
The late 1950s and 1960s also witnessed a reaction to the then still dominant position of Alvar Aalto in Finnish architecture, though some, most significantly Heikki and Kaija Siren (e.g.