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Baker House

Alvar Aalto +1, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1949

The facade

The Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre Hanaholmen

Veikko Malmio, Espoo 1975

A black and white photo showcasing the street view of the building block.

Kauppakatu Functionalist Building Block

Eino Pitkänen, Kajaani 1952

Katerma Hydropower Plant

Eino Pitkänen, Kuhmo 1950

Photo of the hydropower plant in the landscape.

Kallioinen Hydropower Plant

Eino Pitkänen, Sotkamo 1957

View of the building with an evenly distributed façade with a high vertical window in the middle.

Koivukoski I-II Power Plant

Eino Pitkänen, Kajaani 1943

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Ämmä Hydropower Plant

Aarne Ervi, Suomussalmi 1959

A picture of a metal coloured hydropower plant.

Aittokoski Hydropower Plant

Aarne Ervi, Suomussalmi 1960

Photo captured from the base of the log crane, showing the magnitude and majestic character of the log crane.

Seitenoikea Hydropower Plant

Aarne Ervi, Ristijärvi 1961

Photo that shows the power plant over the river in the evening.

Montta Hydropower Plant

Aarne Ervi, Muhos 1957

Photo showing a house plastered with a natural white shaded plaster, and with a roof made of red roof tiles, as well as chimneys that are laid with red bricks. The image also shows that the details of the window frames and doors were built out of wood.

Nuojua Residential Area

Aarne Ervi, Vaala 1951

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Jylhämä Hydropower Plant

Aarne Ervi, Vaala 1951

Power plant seen over the river. What is noteworthy about this picture is the façade and its architectural division on the facade. The division of tiles and window frames follow the same grid system.

Nuojua Hydropower Plant

Aarne Ervi, Vaala 1955

View over the river towards the hydropower plant with pitched roof and rectangular, vertical windows.

Utanen Hydropower Plant

Aarne Ervi, Utajärvi 1957

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Pälli Hydropower Plant

Aarne Ervi, Muhos 1954

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Pyhäkoski Hydropower Plant

Aarne Ervi, Muhos 1951

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Jylhämä Residential Area

Aarne Ervi, Vaala 1960

Photo showing grass aea in front of the power plant, as well as the facade of the powerplant, that from this point of view is divided in three main masses.

Merikoski Hydropower Plant

Bertel Strömmer, Oulu 1948

Turun ylioppilaskylä länsipuolen peruskorjattuja rakennuksia Sándor Iskender Wikimedia Commons

University of Turku Student Village

Jan Söderlund +1, Turku 1974

Office tower and its surroundings

Tapiola Central Tower

Aarne Ervi, Espoo 1961

View from the woods

Puijo Tower

Seppo Ruotsalainen, Kuopio 1963

Aerial view from the west

Tapiola Swimming Hall

Aarne Ervi, Espoo 1965

School yard after renovation in 2016

Tapiola Co-educational School

Jorma Järvi, Espoo 1961

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

Turun yliopisto building Johan Jönsson Wikimedia Commons

University of Turku Main Campus

Aarne Ervi, Turku 1959

Pyhäkoski Power Plant Roos MFA

Oulujoki Power Plants and Communities

Aarne Ervi, Muhos 1957

View from the east, a sculpture in the middle of the square.

Ratina Stadium

Timo Penttilä, Tampere 1966

Lohja Parish Hall and its green surroundings

Lohja Parish Hall

Aarne Ervi, Lohja 1950

Functionalist mill and its surroundings.

Nokia SOK Mill

Erkki Huttunen, Nokia 1948

Main elevation towards the Aleksanterinkatu Street

Starckjohann Building

Martta Martikainen-Ypyä +1, Lahti 1951

Main entrance

Sampola

Timo Penttilä +1, Tampere 1962

Office building behind a fountain and a square

Kouvola Town Hall

Bertel Saarnio +1, Kouvola 1967

Main entrance

Lauritsala Church

Toivo Korhonen +1, Lappeenranta 1969

Detail of the façade

Hanasaari Cultural Centre

Veikko Malmio, Espoo 1975

Turku City Theatre 1 Wellu Hämäläinen

Turku City Theatre

Aarne Hytönen +2, Turku 1962

Street elevation of Voimatalo office building

Voimatalo Office Building

Aarne Ervi, Helsinki 1951

View from the south

Ristiniemi Funerary Chapel

Timo Suomalainen +1, Hamina 1965

Accomodation wing

Hotel Mesikämmen

Timo Suomalainen +1, Ähtäri 1976

View from the north

Espoo Funerary Chapel

Heikki Siren +1, Espoo 1963

View from the northwest

Lahti Concert Hall

Heikki Siren +1, Lahti 1954

View from the Danube

Brucknerhaus Linz

Heikki Siren +1, Linz, Austria 1973

View from the southwest

Helsinki Federation of Parishes

Heikki Siren +2, Helsinki 1979

Entrance to the office

The Siren House

Heikki Siren +1, Helsinki 1960

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Lingånsö

Heikki Siren +1, Raasepori 1960

Kotkankatu façade

Kotka Co-operative Bank

Heikki Siren +1, Kotka 1971

Factory House SKY Foto Möller HKM

Industry House

Heikki Siren +1, Helsinki 1961

View from the north

Orivesi Church

Heikki Siren +1, Orivesi 1961

Salokunta church Sastamala Finland architect Timo Penttilä 1960 kopio

Salokunta Church

Timo Penttilä, Sastamala 1960

View from the yard in the 1950s

Women's Co-housing Asuntoyhteistalo

Olli and Eija Saijonmaa Architects, Helsinki 1953

View from the west

Helsinki Worker's Institute

Gunnar Taucher, Helsinki 1927

Open-air swimminp pool area

Riihimäki Sports Park

Yrjö Lindegren +3, Riihimäki 1979

Interior of the dining hall

Vekaranjärvi Garrison Centre

Osmo Lappo, Kouvola 1974

Central hall of University of Jyväskylä Library.

Jyväskylä University Library

Arto Sipinen, Jyväskylä 1974

View from the residential street, palm trees and a building on the opposite side of the street.

Saudi Arabia Embassy of Finland

Siren Architects, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 1987

Constructivist 1970s church in Kouvola

Kouvola Central Church

Jaakko Laapotti +1, Kouvola 1977

Aerial view of a residential area

Karjasilta Residential Area

Martti Heikura +1, Oulu 1944

Children's hospital and its yard

Lastenlinna Children's Hospital

Elsi Borg +2, Helsinki 1948

Commercial and residential building from the 1930s

Tempo House

Bertel Strömmer, Tampere 1939

Metsäatalo Börje Dilén HKM

Metsätalo Building

Jussi Paatela, Helsinki 1939

Sky Foto Möller HKM

Malmi Airport

Concrete canopy of a bus station

Rovaniemi Bus Station

Brutalist congress building

Baghdad Conference Palace

Heikki Siren +1, Baghdad, Iraq 1982

Modernist university building photographed in the wintertime

University of Oulu Linnanmaa Campus

Kari Virta, Oulu 1977

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

Prefabricated plastic Futuro House

Futuro House

Matti Suuronen, Espoo 1968

Aerial view of a hospital building

Turku University Hospital, U Building

Martta Martikainen-Ypyä +1, Turku 1968

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Tapiola Church

Aarno Ruusuvuori +1, Espoo 1965

Aerial view of a printing house

Weiling & Göös Printing House

Aarno Ruusuvuori, Espoo 1967

Eight-storey commercial building

The KOP-kolmio Commercial Building

Viljo Revell, Turku 1964

A square and a ramp in front of a building with two towers

Toronto City Hall

Viljo Revell +3, Toronto, Canada 1965

Courtyard of an office building

Bensow House

Uno Ullberg, Helsinki 1940

Street view, trees between lamel houses

Olympic Village

Hilding Ekelund +1, Helsinki 1939

A school yard and a school building

Meilahti Primary School

Viljo Revell +1, Helsinki 1953

Yellow Brick building on the opposite side of the street

Helsinki School of Economics

Woldemar Baeckman +1, Helsinki 1950

Street and a large block of flats

Kaleva District

Harry W. Schreck +3, Tampere 1940

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Finnish National Theatre Small Stage

Heikki Siren +1, Helsinki 1954

OtaniemiChapel_1

Otaniemi Chapel

Heikki Siren +1, Espoo 1958

Kallio Municipal Officies

Kallio Municipal Office Building

Heikki Siren +1, Helsinki 1965

HirvensaloChurch_3

Hirvensalo Church and Parish Centre

Pekka Pitkänen, Turku 1962

HarjavaltaChurch_1

Harjavalta Church

Pekka Pitkänen, Harjavalta 1984

PallivahaChurch_2

Pallivaha Church and Parish Centre

Pekka Pitkänen, Turku 1968

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

Wilenia_3

Wilenia Housing

Pekka Pitkänen, Turku 1963

Carenia_1

Carenia & Linnankatu 8 Housing

Pekka Pitkänen, Turku 1962

Ympyrätalo 8

Circle House

Heikki Siren +1, Helsinki 1968

Square shaped building as seen from outside with trees surrounding it.

Lauttasaari Church

Keijo Petäjä +1, Helsinki 1958

Näsinneula 1

Näsinneula Observation Tower

Pekka Ilveskoski, Tampere 1971

STone staircse with blue metal railing with a triangular pattern.

Serpentine House

Yrjö Lindegren +1, Helsinki 1951

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

Tile facade of the Pori commercial school supported by pillars elevating part of the building off the ground.

Pori Commercial School

Aarne Hytönen +1, Pori 1959

Facade of raw Brutalist-style concrete.

Satakunta Museum

Olaf Küttner, Pori 1973

High-rise apartment block of eleven floors and annexe of three floors for commercial premises.

Keskuskartano

Charles Hagan, 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

Birds eye view of the white hotel building surrounded by trees and with the sea in the background.

Hotel Yyteri

Jan Söderlund +1, Pori 1974

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

Aerial image of a white apartment block surrounded by forest.

Suvikumpu Apartment Block

Reima Pietilä +1, Espoo 1969

Building facade with white and wooden elements.

Villa Skeppet

Alvar Aalto +1, Tammisaari 1970

In the building’s regular squared facade of copper and glass, the display window axes of the two bottom floors correspond to the office window axes of the two top floors. The building is separated from its neighbours by visible red-brick fire walls.

Rautatalo Office Building

Alvar Aalto +1, Helsinki 1955

Inner yard shaped like an aphitheatre on a snowy day.

Studio Aalto

Alvar Aalto +1, Helsinki 1955

BW photo of a white, curving highrise with balconies

Aalto-Hochhaus

Alvar Aalto +1, Bremen, Germany 1962

marble facade.

Finlandia Hall

Alvar Aalto +1, Helsinki 1971

Black and white picture of the facade.

Villa Mairea

Alvar Aalto +1, Noormarkku 1939

White tile facade with a glass wall at the back of the building.

Töölö Library

Aarne Ervi, Helsinki 1970

Facade of the Hotel Palace in the 1950s with few boats on the shore.

Hotel Palace

Viljo Revell +1, Helsinki 1952

White building with an arched ceiling and large grid windows on the upper half of the building.

Töölö Sports Hall

Aarne Hytönen +1, Helsinki 1935

Spacious white interior with metal window frames and a marble floor.

Helsinki City Theatre

Timo Penttilä, Helsinki 1967

Spiral staircase in an industrial surrounding.

Helsinki University Porthania Building

Aarne Ervi, Helsinki 1957

Interior of the rock church with purple cushioned bench rows, a window panel surrounding every side of the room and a wooden rounded ceiling on top

Temppeliaukio Church

Timo Suomalainen +1, Helsinki 1969

Stone fence around the courtyard.

National Pensions Institute

Alvar Aalto +2, Helsinki 1956

View from the nave to the altar. Bench rows at the left, windows at the right.

Resurrection Chapel

Erik Bryggman, Turku 1941

White interior with dark stairs and wooden railings.

Helsinki University of Technology Main Building

Alvar Aalto +1, Espoo 1964

black and white aerial view of the church and nearby lands and buildings

Cross of the Plains Church (Lakeuden risti)

Alvar Aalto, Seinäjoki 1960

University of Jyväskylä, Main Building by Alvar Aalto 1952-

University of Jyväskylä, the Aalto's Campus

Alvar Aalto +1, Jyväskylä 1954

High-rise office building, pedestrians, bicycles and cars from the 1930's

General Post Office

Erik Lindroos +1, Helsinki 1938

Black and white aerial picture

Pihlajamäki Residential Area

Lauri Silvennoinen, Helsinki 1964

Red brick mill buildings

Sunila Pulp Mill and Residential Area

Alvar Aalto, Kotka 1938

Low rock stairs and lawn to the white house on top

Maison Louis Carré

Alvar Aalto +1, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France 1959

Flat-roofed house, lawn and trees and a low stone wall in front of a terrace

The Aalto House

Alvar Aalto +1, Helsinki 1936

Plan with stepped terrace houses

Terraced House

Alvar Aalto, Eura 1939