The Seinäjoki City Hall is the main municipal administrative building in the city of

Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; la, Wegelia, formerly sv, Östermyra) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bru ...

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. It is notable for having been designed by the renowned Finnish

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Alvar Aalto Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto (; 3 February 1898 – 11 May 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware, as well as sculptures and paintings. He never regarded himself as an artist, see ...

Architecture

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. It was comprehensively renovated in the 2010s, with the work finished in 2018. The exterior cladding of the main facade features dark blue ceramic tiles which appear to change colour under different lighting conditions. The city council

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was designed to serve a dual purpose as a concert venue. The City Hall forms part of the city's so-called Aalto Centre (

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: ''Aalto-keskus''), a cluster of Aalto-designed public buildings and an integral central square, which has been recognised by the Finnish Heritage Agency as a nationally important built cultural environment (''Valtakunnallisesti merkittävä rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö'').

References

External links

The Administrative and Cultural Centre in Seinäjoki
on Alvar Aalto Foundation website
City Hall
on City of Seinäjoki website {{Seinäjoki Cityscape Alvar Aalto buildings Modernist architecture in Finland Seinäjoki City and town halls in Finland Buildings and structures in South Ostrobothnia Government buildings completed in 1962