Tapiola Church (Finnish: Tapiolan kirkko, Swedish: Hagalunds kyrka) is a Lutheran church in the Tapiola district of Espoo, Finland. The modernist concrete building in brutalist style was designed by the architect Aarno Ruusuvuori and opened in 1965. The church seats 600 people and is thus the largest in Espoo by capacity.
The church is part of the garden city of Tapiola which is internationally famous for its architecture and listed as a nationally significant built cultural heritage site by the National Board of Antiquities. Docomomo has also selected Tapiola as a significant example of modern architecture in Finland.
See also
- Hyvinkää Church, another church by Aarno Ruusuvuori
References
- ^ "Tapiolan kirkko". Kirkko Espoossa (in Finnish). Evangelical Lutheran Parishes of Espoo. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- Manninen, Antti (5 August 2003). "Espoo's idealistic model city Tapiola turns fifty". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
Tapiola became internationally famous in the 1960s, when it was shown off in foreign newspapers as an outstanding example of a Finnish Waldstat, "living next to nature".
- "Tapiola" (in Finnish). Museovirasto. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- "Tapiola – Tapiola Garden City". Docomomo Suomi Finland ry. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
External links
Media related to Tapiola Church at Wikimedia Commons- Tapiolan kirkko (in Finnish)
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