Kaupungintalon videokierrokset: Kivinen Eläintarha

Lobby: a sense of experiment and space

5 min

Step inside City Hall’s lobby, where the original Engel design meets Ruusuvuori’s open and coherent modernist lobby. The controlled dramaturgy of the imposing stairway and the ceiling lamp casting down its light from above create a light and uplifting ambience together.

City and administration, Kaupungintalon videokierrokset: Kivinen Eläintarha

Kaupungintalon videokierrokset: Kivinen Eläintarha

Lobby: a sense of experiment and space

Lobby: a sense of experiment and space

Step inside City Hall’s lobby, where the original Engel design meets Ruusuvuori’s open and coherent modernist lobby.

City and administration, Kaupungintalon videokierrokset: Kivinen Eläintarha

Democracy tour

Visit the core of Helsinki’s municipal democracy, the council chamber, with Antti Peltonen, the Administrative Manager of the City Executive Office.

City and administration, Kaupungintalon videokierrokset: Kivinen Eläintarha

Toilet facilities: democratic and equal

Toilet facilities: democratic and equal

Enter the most elegant toilet facilities in Helsinki, where each detail has been thought-out carefully.

City and administration, Kaupungintalon videokierrokset: Kivinen Eläintarha

Courtyard: lamination

Courtyard: lamination

Stand in City Hall’s courtyard and look at the only facade Aarno Ruusuvuori designed for City Hall.

City and administration, Kaupungintalon videokierrokset: Kivinen Eläintarha

Office floors: details and holistic architecture

Office floors: details and holistic architecture

Get on the brass lift to ascend to the second and third floor offices.

City and administration, Kaupungintalon videokierrokset: Kivinen Eläintarha

The mayor’s reception: hierarchy and history

The mayor’s reception: hierarchy and history

Take a peek to where the mayor greets their guests and holds small receptions.

City and administration, Kaupungintalon videokierrokset: Kivinen Eläintarha

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