Finnish Architecture

concrete

Projects (66)

A square building with different shades of grey.

Villa Favre

Schauman & Nordgren Architects, Vaud, Switzerland 2020
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EduCity

Sigge Architects, Turku 2020

Serlachius Art Sauna

Mendoza Partida +3, Mänttä 2022
White space with vertical battens in the window wall and joists, wooden bookshelves, burgundy-coloured armchairs

Kirkkonummi Main Library Fyyri

JKMM Architects, Kirkkonummi 2020
Turun ylioppilaskylä länsipuolen peruskorjattuja rakennuksia Sándor Iskender Wikimedia Commons

University of Turku Student Village

Jan Söderlund +1, Turku 1974
Overall view of the stadium

Lahti Stadium

KSS Architects, Lahti 1978
View from the woods

Puijo Tower

Seppo Ruotsalainen, Kuopio 1963
Aerial view from the west

Tapiola Swimming Hall

Aarne Ervi, Espoo 1965
Helsingin uimastadion J P Kärnä Wikimedia Commons

Helsinki Swimming Stadium

Jorma Järvi, Helsinki 1940
Outdoor swimming pool and a swimming hall

Kouvola Sports Park Swimming Hall

Jorma Järvi, Kouvola 1964
Entrance canopy

Juminkeko Information Centre for the Kalevala and Karelian Culture

Heikkinen-Komonen Architects, Kuhmo 1999
Street view, trees in fron of the library building.

Jyväskylä City Library

Hyvämäki-Karhunen-Parkkinen Architects, Jyväskylä 1980
View from the east, a sculpture in the middle of the square.

Ratina Stadium

Timo Penttilä, Tampere 1966
Detail of the façade

Hanasaari Cultural Centre

Veikko Malmio, Espoo 1975
View from the northwest

Lahti Concert Hall

Heikki Siren +1, Lahti 1954
View from the southwest

Helsinki Finnish Co-educational School SYK

Heikki Siren +1, Helsinki 1972
Entrance hall of Senaatti Properties premises

STAKES and Senaatti Properties

Heikkinen-Komonen Architects, Helsinki 2002
Classroom entrances divide the yard into sections

Pappilanpelto School

Lasse Vahtera +1, Vihti 1994
Open-air swimminp pool area

Riihimäki Sports Park

Yrjö Lindegren +3, Riihimäki 1979
Main entrance from Kirkkokatu

Ministry of the Interior

Osmo Lappo +1, Helsinki 1982
Kannelmäen kirkko auringonlaskun aikaan

Kannelmäki Church

Martti Jaatinen +1, Helsinki 1968
Constructivist 1970s church in Kouvola

Kouvola Central Church

Jaakko Laapotti +1, Kouvola 1977
Concrete canopy of a bus station

Rovaniemi Bus Station

Rovaniemi 1959
Main façade of a Modernist concrete theatre building

Lahti City Theatre

PES-Architects, Lahti 1983
Modernist university building photographed in the wintertime

University of Oulu Linnanmaa Campus

Kari Virta, Oulu 1977
Provincial archive building

The Provincial Archives of Hämeenlinna

Heikkinen-Komonen Architects, Hämeenlinna 2009
Merimiehenkatu Housing_1 kopio

Merimiehenkatu Housing

Aarno Ruusuvuori, Helsinki 1962
Two-lane road, university building behind it

Tampere University Main Building

Toivo Korhonen, Tampere 1960
Art museum situated in a park

Sara Hildén's Art Museum

Pekka Ilveskoski +1, Tampere 1978
Aerial view of a hospital building

Turku University Hospital, U Building

Martta Martikainen-Ypyä +1, Turku 1968
Façade of a Modernist funerary chapel

Vatiala Chapel

Viljo Revell, Kangasala 1960
Façade of a modernist, concrete church

Huutoniemi Church

Aarno Ruusuvuori, Vaasa 1964
Hyvinkää Church Simo Rista MFA docomomo fi

Hyvinkää Church

Aarno Ruusuvuori, Hyvinkää 1961
Suikkila_8

Suikkila Suburb

Pekka Pitkänen, Turku 1983
DomusAboensis_1

Domus Aboensis Student Union Dormitory

Pekka Pitkänen, Turku 1965
ChapelOfTheHolyCross_1

Chapel of the Holy Cross

Pekka Pitkänen, Turku 1967
White facade with colorful cubes hanging on the wall.

Finnish Science Centre Heureka

Heikkinen-Komonen Architects, Vantaa 1989
Näsinneula 1

Näsinneula Observation Tower

Pekka Ilveskoski, Tampere 1971
Koonta asema pääsisäänkäynti

Kruunuvuorenranta Waste Transfer Station

B&M Architects, Helsinki 2017
AOR Jätkäsaaren peruskoulu Pyry Kantonen 004

Jätkäsaari School

AOR Architects, Helsinki 2019
Black and white picture of a roundabout with old cars in it and commercial buildings in the background.

Pori Police Station & Fire Department

Olaf Küttner, Pori 1959
Facade of raw Brutalist-style concrete.

Satakunta Museum

Olaf Küttner, Pori 1973
Water tower in brutalist style building has a honeycomb-shaped hexagon distributor reservoir.

Kaanaa Water Tower

Olaf Küttner, Pori 1963
Black and white picture of the building facade. The right side has three floors while the left side has only two along with a protruding extension on the second level which is supported by pillars.

Pori City Library

Olli Steen +1, Pori 1976
Facade with white painted timber cladding and a copper dome.

Lieksa Church

Reima Pietilä +1, Lieksa 1982
Church interior with concrete walls and ceiling with wooden beams covering most of the concrete.

Kaleva Church

Reima Pietilä +1, Tampere 1966
Mäntyniemi 3 cover

Mäntyniemi Residence of the President of Finland

Reima Pietilä +1, Helsinki 1993
facade of the building with the lights on.

New Delhi Embassy of Finland

Reima Pietilä +1, New Delhi, India 1985
unusual bell tower.

Detmerode Church and Parish Centre

Alvar Aalto, Wolfsburg, Germany 1968
BW photo of a white church with a tall belfry

Wolfsburg Church and Parish Centre

Alvar Aalto +1, Wolfsburg, Germany 1962
Black and white picture of the church exterior with its tower.

Church of the Three Crosses

Alvar Aalto, Imatra 1958
Red brick church with a glass detail at the front and a massive bell tower of raw concrete, integrated into the northwest corner of the church.

Church of the Cross

Alvar Aalto +1, Lahti 1979
Asymmetrical, slightly wedge-shaped basilica with an unusual roof system consisting of stepped, longitudinal vault fragments inclined towards the chancel.

Riola Church and Parish Centre

Alvar Aalto +1, Riola, Italy 1978
Black and white picture if a bare apartment building with three part windows.

Standard Apartment House

Alvar Aalto +1, Turku 1929
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Joensuu City Library

Tuomo Siitonen Architects, Joensuu 1992
Entrance to the building next to a snowy rock.

Viikinmäki Community Centre

AFKS Architects, Helsinki 2015
Spacious wood and concrete hall with a cafeteria.

Think Corner

JKMM Architects, Helsinki 2017
Ceiling with cliff-like eaves, copper and wood claddings and a massive boulder wall.

Dipoli

Reima Pietilä +1, Espoo 1966
Spacious canteen in an light environment with concrete ceilings walls and stairs.

Roihuvuori School

Aarno Ruusuvuori +1, Helsinki 1967
People sitting on a lawn in front of the office building.

OP Headquarters

JKMM Architects, Helsinki 2015
Industrial interior with concretetaires, wooden and metal walls and grid ceilings.

Opinmäki School and Learning Centre

Esa Ruskeepää, Espoo 2015
Renovation and Extension of Kuopio City Theatre

Kuopio City Theatre

Risto-Veikko Luukkonen +1, Kuopio 1963
Illuminated library with glass wall on a dark evening.

Seinäjoki City Library Apila

JKMM Architects, Seinäjoki 2012
Group of high-rise residential buildings next to a sea landscape

Merihaka Housing Area

Peter Bieber +3, Helsinki 1985
Mushroom-shaped water tower on top of a rock with trees

Lauttasaari Water Tower

Osmo Leppämäki, Helsinki 1959
Aerial photo

Olympic Stadium

Yrjö Lindegren +1, Helsinki 1938