Sähkötalo (lit. ''Electricity Building'') () is the name of the building located in the

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district of central

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, which serves as the headquarters of HELEN, the municipal energy company of the city of Helsinki. The building was designed by

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. Construction started in March 1970, and the building was ready for occupation on January 22, 1973. Since October 2007, the bottom floors of the building have been home to stores accessible from

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by an underground pedestrian tunnel running underneath

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. The window frames of the building are lined with

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s that slowly change colour throughout the night.

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Alvar Aalto buildings Buildings and structures in Helsinki Modernist architecture in Finland Kamppi Helen Oy Office buildings completed in 1973 {{Finland-struct-stub