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Tapiola Church ( fi, Tapiolan kirkko, sv, Hagalunds kyrka) is a Lutheran church in the Tapiola district of Espoo, Finland. The modernist concrete building in
Tapiolan kirkko
Lutheran churches in Finland Churches completed in 1965 Modernist architecture in Finland Buildings and structures in Espoo Aarno Ruusuvuori buildings Tapiola {{lutheran-stub
Tapiola Church ( fi, Tapiolan kirkko, sv, Hagalunds kyrka) is a Lutheran church in the Tapiola district of Espoo, Finland. The modernist concrete building in brutalist
Brutalist architecture is an architectural style that emerged during the 1950s in the United Kingdom, among the reconstruction projects of the post-war era. Brutalist buildings are characterised by Minimalism (art), minimalist constructions th ...
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
The Finnish Heritage Agency ( fi, Museovirasto, sv, Museiverket), previously known in English as the National Board of Antiquities, preserves Finland's material cultural heritage
Cultural heritage is the heritage of tangible and intangible ...
. Docomomo has also selected Tapiola as a significant example of modern architecture in Finland.
See also
*Hyvinkää Church
Hyvinkää Church ( fi, Hyvinkään kirkko, sv, Hyvinge kyrka), also known as ''The New Church of Hyvinkää'', is a modernist church of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, located in the town of Hyvinkää, Finland. It was designed by ar ...
, another church by Aarno Ruusuvuori
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*Tapiolan kirkko
Lutheran churches in Finland Churches completed in 1965 Modernist architecture in Finland Buildings and structures in Espoo Aarno Ruusuvuori buildings Tapiola {{lutheran-stub