Palace Hotel, Helsinki
The Palace Hotel is an historic modernist hotel in Helsinki, opened in 1952, the year of the Helsinki Olympic Games.[1] The building was designed by architects Viljo Revell and Keijo Petäjä, and was constructed during 1949–1952.[2][3] In addition to the Palace Hotel and related restaurants, the building hosted also the main offices of the Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers.[4] The interiors of the building were furnished by various renowned Finnish interior designers, such as Olli Borg, Antti Nurmesniemi and Olavi Hänninen.[1][3][4]
The hotel building has been included in the selection of Finnish masterpieces of modernism in architecture by the Docomomo International organization.[4]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Malcolm Quantrill 1995. Finnish architecture and the modernist tradition. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-419-19520-7
- ↑ Sharp, Dennis 2002. Twentieth-century architecture: a visual history. Images Publishing. P. 191. ISBN 978-1-86470-085-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Open Helsinki – Embedding Design in Life. World Design Capital 2012 Application. P. 118, 125.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Helsinki South Harbour, Open International Ideas Competition. Constructed Cultural Environment – Rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö. City of Helsinki, City Planning Department, 2011, p. 8.
