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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Helsinki Court House

Helsinki Court House (Finnish: Helsingin oikeustalo) is situated on Salmisaari in Helsinki, Finland. Designed by Väinö Vähäkallio [fi], it was constructed between 1937 and 1940 as Alko's headquarters, factory and main storage, and was partially reconstructed in 2004, when it became a court house.

Stylistically the building is a modernist updating of 19th-century warehouses, massive and with slight curves and no detailing except heavily framed strip windows and rounded entrance bays.

References

  1. ^ Malcolm Quantrill (1995). Finnish Architecture and the Modernist Tradition. London: Spon. p. 234. ISBN 9780419195207.