The Palace Hotel is an historic
modernist
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hotel in Helsinki, opened in 1952, the year of the
Helsinki Olympic Games.
The building was designed by architects
Viljo Revell and Keijo Petäjä, and was constructed during 1949–1952.
In addition to the Palace Hotel and related restaurants, the building hosted also the main offices of the Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers.
The interiors of the building were furnished by various renowned Finnish
interior designer
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s, such as Olli Borg,
Antti Nurmesniemi and
Olavi Hänninen.
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The hotel building has been included in the selection of Finnish masterpieces of modernism in architecture by the ]Docomomo International
Docomomo International (sometimes written as DoCoMoMo or simply Docomomo) is a non-profit organization whose full title is: International Committee for Documentation and Conservation of Buildings, Sites and Neighbourhoods of the Modern Movement. ...
organization.[
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See also
* Hotel Kämp
* Hotel Marski
* Hotel Torni
Hotel Torni () is a historical hotel located in Kamppi, Helsinki, Finland, and a part of the Sokos Hotels hotel chain. When opened in 1931, it became the tallest building in Finland, a position it maintained until the completion of the new Nes ...
References
Hotel buildings completed in 1952
Hotels in Helsinki
Modernist architecture in Finland
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