Tapiola Church in the winter
Church interior

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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References

  1. 1 2 "Tapiolan kirkko". Kirkko Espoossa (in Finnish). Evangelical Lutheran Parishes of Espoo. Archived from the original on 30 March 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Manninen, Antti (5 August 2003). "Espoo's idealistic model city Tapiola turns fifty". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 6 February 2015. 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".
  3. ↑ "Tapiola" (in Finnish). Museovirasto. 22 December 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Tapiola – Tapiola Garden City". Docomomo Suomi Finland ry. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

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