Lasipalatsi
Lasipalatsi | |
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General information | |
Architectural style | Functionalism |
Location | Helsinki, Finland |
Coordinates | 60°10′13″N 24°56′13″E / 60.17028°N 24.93694°E |
Construction started | 1935 |
Completed | 1936 |
Renovated | 1998 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Viljo Revell, Heimo Riihimäki and Niilo Kokko |
Website | |
lasipalatsi.fi |
Lasipalatsi (Swedish: Glaspalatset; meaning literally "glass palace") is a functionalist office building designed in the 1930s, located on Mannerheimintie in the Kamppi district of Helsinki, Finland. Lasipalatsi is one of Helsinki's most notable functionalist buildings.
History
An earlier building at the same location was the
The original plans to tear down Lasipalatsi were postponed decade after decade, but the building also wasn't renovated, because its final fate was still left open. In the 1980s, large sheets advertising the Ale Pub underlined the shameful state of the worn building. Only when the Board of Construction set a threat fee, the Apartment Bureau renovated the building's outer walls. In summer 1985, the old grayish paint was replaced with through-coloured white mortar. Helsinkians opposed the destruction of the building several times, and the Museum Bureau also supported its protection.
After decades of deterioration, Lasipalatsi was protected and renovated into a culture and media centre in 1998, also containing
Lasipalatsi has been included in the selection of Finnish masterpieces of modernism in architecture by the Docomomo International organization.[1]
The building is undergoing extensive renovations as of October 2016. A new museum, Amos Rex, has been built under the Lasipalatsi square with some parts of the museum residing in Lasipalatsi.[2]
Gallery
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Café, ground floor
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Staircase
See also
References
- ^ "Arkkitehtiesittely: Heimo Riihimäki" (in Finnish). Museum of Finnish Architecture. Archived from the original on October 16, 2017. Retrieved February 19, 2014.
- ^ "New Amos Anderson museum named Amos Rex". City of Helsinki. 15 January 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
External links
Media related to Lasipalatsi at Wikimedia Commons