Finnish Architecture

Docomomo Finland

Docomomo International (International Committee for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement) is an international organisation founded in Eindhoven in the Netherlands in 1988 which specialises in the conservation and documentation of modern architecture. 

Docomomo Suomi Finland acts as an expert organization for modern architecture in Finland. The most central part of the information and public awareness-raising of Docomomo Suomi Finland is maintaining a selection of important architectural and environmental sites. 

Projects (52)

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

Montta Hydropower Plant

Aarne Ervi, Muhos 1957
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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
Courtyard view from one of the housing blocks

Kortepohja Residential Area

Bengt Lundsten, Jyväskylä 1972
Pyhäkoski Power Plant Roos MFA

Oulujoki Power Plants and Communities

Aarne Ervi, Muhos 1957
Office building behind a fountain and a square

Kouvola Town Hall

Bertel Saarnio +1, Kouvola 1967
View from the west

Helsinki Worker's Institute

Gunnar Taucher, Helsinki 1927
View from east

Helsinki Motorised Company Barracks

Martta Martikainen-Ypyä, Helsinki 1936
Interior of the dining hall

Vekaranjärvi Garrison Centre

Osmo Lappo, Kouvola 1974
North elevation of Oulunsalo Municipal Offices

Oulunsalo Municipal Offices

NVV Architects, Oulu 1982
Lansi Sakyla Daycare Simo Rista MFA docomomo fi

Länsi-Säkylä Daycare Centre Onnimanni

Kari Järvinen and Timo Airas Architects, Säkylä 1980
Functionalist Kannonkoski Church and its surroundings

Kannonkoski Church

P. E. Blomstedt +1, Kannonkoski 1938
Assembly hall of Nakkila Church

Nakkila Church

Erkki Huttunen, Nakkila 1937
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

Helsinki 1938
Concrete canopy of a bus station

Rovaniemi Bus Station

Rovaniemi 1959
Aerial view of a printing house

Weiling & Göös Printing House

Aarno Ruusuvuori, Espoo 1967
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
Courtyard of an office building

Bensow House

Uno Ullberg, Helsinki 1940
Sahanmäki Residential Area 5

Sahanmäki Residential Area

Hilding Ekelund +1, Helsinki 1956
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
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Finnish National Theatre Small Stage

Heikki Siren +1, Helsinki 1954
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Otaniemi Chapel

Heikki Siren +1, Espoo 1958
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Chapel of the Holy Cross

Pekka Pitkänen, Turku 1967
STone staircse with blue metal railing with a triangular pattern.

Serpentine House

Yrjö Lindegren +1, Helsinki 1951
Facade with tile, glass and metal details.

Bepop

Jyrki Tasa +1, Pori 1989
Church interior with concrete walls and ceiling with wooden beams covering most of the concrete.

Kaleva Church

Reima Pietilä +1, Tampere 1966
Black and white picture of the church exterior with its tower.

Church of the Three Crosses

Alvar Aalto, Imatra 1958
Black and white picture if a bare apartment building with three part windows.

Standard Apartment House

Alvar Aalto +1, Turku 1929
marble facade.

Finlandia Hall

Alvar Aalto +1, Helsinki 1971
Bird's eye view of the walkable domes of the Amos Rex museum.

Amos Rex and Lasipalatsi

Viljo Revell +2, Helsinki 2018
Lawn with an artificial pond, the window front is partly covered by black beams and at the right side the building has a second storey with a tilted roof.

Säynätsalo Town Hall

Alvar Aalto +1, Jyväskylä 1952
Spacious white interior with metal window frames and a marble floor.

Helsinki City Theatre

Timo Penttilä, Helsinki 1967
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
Terracotta facade of an old building with brown framed windows and white sculptural medallions.

Atrium Apartment Building

Erik Bryggman, Turku 1927
White chapel with a tall and narrow window and a gable roof.

Parainen Funerary Chapel

Erik Bryggman, Parainen 1930
Yellow one storey building with a red roof and a sitting area outside.

Villa Staffans

Erik Bryggman, Turku 1946
Long cream colored building with window panes and a yard.

Villa Solin

Erik Bryggman, Turku 1929
View from the nave to the altar. Bench rows at the left, windows at the right.

Resurrection Chapel

Erik Bryggman, Turku 1941
A librarian and visitor at a desk, a spiral staircase to the left.

Åbo Akademi Book Tower

Erik Bryggman +1, Turku 1935
Muuratsalo Experimental House by Alvar Aalto 1952-1954

Muuratsalo Experimental House

Alvar Aalto +1, Jyväskylä 1954
Black and white aerial picture

Pihlajamäki Residential Area

Lauri Silvennoinen, Helsinki 1964
Group of high-rise residential buildings next to a sea landscape

Merihaka Housing Area

Peter Bieber +3, Helsinki 1985