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Practice of the architect Esko Puijola. Includes information about the enlargement of Oulu city
centre, on the layout of an attraction in the Salla hills and of the development of Caritas village
community.
http://www.arkkitehtistudio.com/
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DM Gallery
Galleries of photographs of abandoned industrial installations taken by urban speleolgists.
http://people.jyu.fi/~raiztlin/www/eu_gallery.html
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Finnish Pumpkin
Photographs and brief histories of Finnish buildings from medieval to modern, including churches,
manor houses and castles.
http://www.muuka.com/
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The Old Church at Petäjävesi
The official town site provides an illustrated history of this timber church built in 1763-1764 and
now given World Heritage status. Includes a plan.
http://www.petajavesi.fi/kirkko/churchen.htm
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World Heritage in Finland
An illustrated description from The National Board of Antiquities Finland of Suomenlinna Fortress,
Old Rauma Petäjävesi Old Church and Verla Groundwood and Board Mill.
http://www.nba.fi/HERITAGE/sites/eng/
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Functionalism and the City of Viipuri
A study of modernist architecture in the former Finnish city of Viipuri, including Viipuri
Municipal Library by Alvar Aalto.
http://www.greatgridlock.net/Viipuri/viipuri.html
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Mäntyniemi
Photographs and details of the dramatic new official residence of the president of Finland,
designed by husband and wife Reima and Raili Pietilä. Raili describes their aims and inspirations.
http://www.tpk.fi/eng/institution/mantyniemi.html
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Petäjävesi Old Church
Frank Hellstén describes this World Heritage example of 18th-century Finnish wood architecture for
Virtual Finland. Includes's Kari Palsila's 360-degree panorama photographs.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/petajav.html
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Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen
Biography and a presentation of the work of these two leading Finnish architects by Marja-Riitta
Norri, director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, for Virtual Finland.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/heik_komo.html
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Pekka Helin and Tuomo Siitonen
Marja-Riitta Norri, Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, writes about the works of these
two leading Finnish architects.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/helin_siit.html
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Helsinki University of Technology Department of Architecture
Information about the school's history, courses and the Finnish tradition of teaching architecture.
http://www.hut.fi/Yksikot/Osastot/A/
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Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Finland
St. Olaf's Castle was founded in 1475 by Erik Axelsson Tott. Official site of the National Board of
Antiquities has beautiful photographs, brief history and visitor information.
http://www.nba.fi/CASTLES/OLOF/Infoeng.htm
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Medieval Castles in Finland
Beautiful photographs from Virtual Finland, with readable history by Dr. Carl Jacob Gardberg, State
archaeologist.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/castles.html
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Finnish Architecture in the 1990s
A selection of pictures of the best in Finnish new architecture.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/archi_jt1.html
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A Century of Finnish Architecture
Illustrated article for Virtual Finland by Marja-Riitta Norri, Director of the Museum of Finnish
Architecture.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/arkkitehtuuri.html
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Sederholm House
The 1757 stone-built house of merchant Johan Sederholm is home to a Helsinki City Museum
exhibition, which provides this imaginative web-site using quotations from Sederholm's
autobiography as glimpses of 18th-century Helsinki.
http://www.hel.fi/kaumuseo/sederh/html_eng/sseder.html
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Helsinki's Senate Square
Notable Neo-Classical ensemble designed by Carl Ludvig Engel (1778-1840) for the new capital chosen
in 1812. Expandable photographs, 360-degree panorama and history written for Virtual Finland by
Frank Hellstén.
http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/senaatti.html
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