Finnish Pumpkin - http://www.muuka.com/ Photographs and brief histories of Finnish buildings from medieval to modern, including churches, manor houses and castles.
Functionalism and the City of Viipuri - http://www.greatgridlock.net/Viipuri/viipuri.html A study of modernist architecture in the former Finnish city of Viipuri, including Viipuri Municipal Library by Alvar Aalto.
Arkkitehtistudio EMP Oy - http://www.arkkitehtistudio.com/ Practice of the architect Esko Puijola. Includes information about the enlargement of Oulu city centre, on the layout of an attraction in the Salla hills and of the development of Caritas village community.
Petäjävesi Old Church - http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/petajav.html Frank Hellstén describes this World Heritage example of 18th-century Finnish wood architecture for Virtual Finland. Includes's Kari Palsila's 360-degree panorama photographs.
Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen - http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/heik_komo.html Biography and a presentation of the work of these two leading Finnish architects by Marja-Riitta Norri, director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, for Virtual Finland.
A Century of Finnish Architecture - http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/arkkitehtuuri.html Illustrated article for Virtual Finland by Marja-Riitta Norri, Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture.
Finnish Architecture in the 1990s - http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/archi_jt1.html A selection of pictures of the best in Finnish new architecture.
Medieval Castles in Finland - http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/castles.html Beautiful photographs from Virtual Finland, with readable history by Dr. Carl Jacob Gardberg, State archaeologist.
Pekka Helin and Tuomo Siitonen - http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/helin_siit.html Marja-Riitta Norri, Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, writes about the works of these two leading Finnish architects.
Helsinki's Senate Square - http://virtual.finland.fi/finfo/english/senaatti.html Notable Neo-Classical ensemble designed by Carl Ludvig Engel (1778-1840) for the new capital chosen in 1812. Expandable photographs, 360-degree panorama and history written for Virtual Finland by Frank Hellstén.
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