Tapiola Church Explained
Tapiola Church (Finnish: Tapiolan kirkko, Swedish: Hagalunds kyrka) is a Lutheran church in the Tapiola district of Espoo, Finland. The modernist concrete building in brutalist style was designed by the architect Aarno Ruusuvuori and opened in 1965.[1] The church seats 600 people and is thus the largest in Espoo by capacity.[1]
The church is part of the garden city of Tapiola which is internationally famous for its architecture[2] and listed as a nationally significant built cultural heritage site by the National Board of Antiquities.[3] Docomomo has also selected Tapiola as a significant example of modern architecture in Finland.[4]
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- Web site: Tapiolan kirkko. Kirkko Espoossa. Evangelical Lutheran Parishes of Espoo. 6 February 2015. Finnish. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150330165819/http://www.espoonseurakunnat.fi/web/asiointi/tapiolan-kirkko. 30 March 2015.
- News: Manninen. Antti. Espoo's idealistic model city Tapiola turns fifty. 6 February 2015. Helsingin Sanomat. 5 August 2003. Tapiola became internationally famous in the 1960s, when it was shown off in foreign newspapers as an outstanding example of a Finnish Waldstat, "living next to nature"..
- Web site: Tapiola. Museovirasto. fi. 22 December 2009. 6 February 2015.
- Web site: Tapiola – Tapiola Garden City. Docomomo Suomi Finland ry. 6 February 2015.
