Maamerkki
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thumb|right|Maamerkki in July 2011. Maamerkki (Finnish for "landmark") is a high-rise building on Kauppakartanonkatu street near the Lyypekinaukio square in Itäkeskus in the Vartiokylä district of Helsinki, Finland. The building is 82 metres high and has 19 floors and has a viewing terrace at the top. The building was completed in 1987 and was designed by architect Erkki Kairamo. The building currently has over 50 apartments and several businesses.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- tower block
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Helsinki
- Material used
- glass
- Location
- Vartiokylä
- Image
- Itäkeskuksen maamerkki.jpg
- Height
- 82
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- architectural style
- modern architecture
- postal code
- 00930
- floors above ground
- 19
- Commons category
- Itäkeskus Landmark
- street address
- Kauppakartanonkatu 7
- inception
- 1987-00-00
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thumb|right|Maamerkki in July 2011. Maamerkki (Finnish for "landmark") is a high-rise building on Kauppakartanonkatu street near the Lyypekinaukio square in Itäkeskus in the Vartiokylä district of Helsinki, Finland. The building is 82 metres high and has 19 floors and has a viewing terrace at the top. The building was completed in 1987 and was designed by architect Erkki Kairamo. The building currently has over 50 apartments and several businesses.
Maamerkki is currently the eleventh highest high-rise building in Finland and the third highest in Helsinki (after Majakka in Kalasatama and Cirrus in Vuosaari). In spring 2014, the building was renamed Helmitorni ("pearl tower").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Maamerkki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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