Rautatalo
Sign in to saveRautatalo (Swedish: Järnhuset) is an office building in central Helsinki, Finland, completed in 1955, and notable for having been designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.
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It sits within the topics Alvar Aalto buildings, Buildings and structures in Helsinki and Modernist architecture in Finland.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- office building
- Country
- Finland
- Located in
- Helsinki
- Elevation
- 6
- Location
- Kluuvi
- Image
- Rautatalo.jpg
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- architect
- Alvar Aalto
- inception
- 1955-01-01
- post town
- Helsinki
- postal code
- 00100
- native label
- Rautatalo
- Commons category
- Rautatalo
- street address
- Keskuskatu 3, 00100 HELSINKI
- located on street
- Keskuskatu
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Rautatalo (Swedish: Järnhuset) is an office building in central Helsinki, Finland, completed in 1955, and notable for having been designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.
The building is based on Aalto's winning entry, Casa, to a 1951 design contest. It was commissioned for the Finnish Hardware Association, after which it is named: Rautatalo literally translates as 'Iron House' or 'Iron Building'; hardware stores in Finnish being called rautakauppa ('iron shop', compare with 'ironmongers').
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rautatalo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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