A. Ahlström Paper Mill
The manufacturing processes of the wood-processing industry underwent development during the 1970s such that they required…
Projects
Chapel of The Holy Cross
A large number of churches and chapels were built in Finland in the 1960s influenced by…
Dipoli Building
Dipoli, the Helsinki University of Technology Student Union building, is an integral part of the Otaniemi…
Finlandia Hall
In 1962 the City of Helsinki commissioned Alvar Aalto to design a congress and concert building…
Futuro House
During the decades of technological progress and the belief in a better future that followed the…
Haukilahti Water Tower
Water towers are an essential part of the Finnish post-war landscape undergoing urbanization. The Haukilahti water…
Helsinki City Hall and Kluuvi Office Building
The restructuring of the urban block comprising the Helsinki City Hall was part of an attempt…
Helsinki City Theatre
Helsinki City Theatre was founded in 1965, when the two workers’ theatres the Helsinki People’s Theatre…
Hotel Mesikämmen
As people’s standard of living rose in Finland from the 1960s onwards, and leisure time, the use…
Huutoniemi Church
Aarno Ruusuvuori was commissioned to design the Huutoniemi church on the basis of an invited competition…
Hyvinkää Church and Work Centre
The design of Hyvinkää church and work centre is based on the winning entry in a…
Kaleva Church
Kaleva Church is based on the winning entry by Reima Pietilä and Raili Paatelainen in an…
Kouvola City Hall
The City of Kouvola has grown around a railway junction station that served the wood-processing industry…
Merihaka Housing Area
Built on a former industrial site and landfill, Merihaka is a representative example of urban development…
Murikka Metalworkers Federation Training Centre
Murikka is architecturally a very high-quality example among the many training and course centres built in…
Pihlajamäki Residential Area
Pihlajamäki was one of the first regional construction projects in Finland and the first area in…
Seinäjoki Civic Centre
The Seinäjoki Civic Centre came about on the basis of two architecture competitions. In 1951 Alvar…
Sibelius Museum
The Sibelius Museum is part of the Åbo Akademi University’s campus on the eastern shore of…
Temppeliaukio Church
The Temppeliaukio Church is located amidst the residential blocks of the city district of Töölö, built…
Terraced Housing, Kortepohja Residential Area
Bengt Lundsten won the town planning competition for the Kortepohja residential area in 1964. He wanted…
Unitas Banking Institute
The institute for the training of bank staff located in Vuosaari, Helsinki, is one of the…
University of Oulu, Linnanmaa
Finland introduced legislation in 1965 aimed at the development of higher education, which resulted in the…
Vatiala Funerary Chapel
The concrete churches of the 1960s are a special phenomenon in Finnish 20th century architecture. During…
Vekaranjärvi Military Barracks
A major restructuring of the Finnish Defence Forces took place in the 1950s and 1960s when…
Weilin & Göös Printing Works
Ruusuvuori’s starting point for the design of the printing works was the production process itself. The…