Seinäjoki City Hall
| Seinäjoki City Hall | |
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Seinäjoen kaupungintalo | |
 Seinäjoki City Hall, with the belfry of the Lakeuden Risti Church in the background | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Modernism |
| Town or city | Seinäjoki |
| Country | Finland |
| Coordinates | 62°47′12″N 22°50′30″E / 62.786564°N 22.841781°E |
| Completed | 1962 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Alvar Aalto |
| Website | |
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The Seinäjoki City Hall is the main municipal administrative building in the city of Seinäjoki, Finland. It is notable for having been designed by the renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.[1][2][3]
Architecture
[edit]The building is based on Aalto's 1959 winning entry into a design contest for the new Seinäjoki urban plan, and was completed three years later in 1962.[1] It was comprehensively renovated in the 2010s, with the work finished in 2018.[4]
The exterior cladding of the main facade features dark blue ceramic tiles which appear to change colour under different lighting conditions.[5]
The city council assembly hall was designed to serve a dual purpose as a concert venue.[1]
The City Hall forms part of the city's so-called Aalto Centre (Finnish: Aalto-keskus), a cluster of Aalto-designed public buildings and an integral central square,[2] which has been recognised by the Finnish Heritage Agency as a nationally important built cultural environment (Valtakunnallisesti merkittävä rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö).[1]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Seinäjoen Aalto-keskus". RKY.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Heritage Agency. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ a b "The Administrative and Cultural Centre in Seinäjoki". AlvarAalto.fi. Alvar Aalto Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "History of town and city halls". Museum of Finnish Architecture (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Alvar Aallon suunnittelema, suojeltu kaupungintalo peruskorjattiin vihdoin Seinäjoella" [Aalto-designed, protected city hall was finally renovated in Seinäjoki] (in Finnish). Yle. 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "City Hall". VisitSeinajoki.fi. City of Seinäjoki. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
External links
[edit]- The Administrative and Cultural Centre in Seinäjoki on Alvar Aalto Foundation website
- City Hall on City of Seinäjoki website
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