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Kaupungintalon videokierrokset: Kivinen Eläintarha
Courtyard: lamination
5 min
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Published
10.09.2020
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City and administration

Stand in City Hall’s courtyard and look at the only facade Aarno Ruusuvuori designed for City Hall. You can see both the 1970s expansion and the 1980s council chamber. The raw concrete gives a good impression of what concrete brutalism means.

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Kaupungintalon videokierrokset: Kivinen Eläintarha
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Lobby: a sense of experiment and space
Lobby: a sense of experiment and space
5 min
10.9.2020
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
Democracy tour
6 min
10.9.2020
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
3 min
10.9.2020
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
5 min
10.9.2020
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
4 min
10.9.2020
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
6 min
10.9.2020
Take a peek to where the mayor greets their guests and holds small receptions.
City and administration, Kaupungintalon videokierrokset: Kivinen Eläintarha