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Makkaratalo, Helsinki, 1967. Photo credit: Didrichsen Art Museum.

Saturday the 8th of January 2014 marks the 50th anniversary of architect Viljo Revell’s passing. Revell was born on the 25th of January 1910 in Vaasa and faced premature death on the 8th of November 1964 in Helsinki.

Revell is recognised as a progressive architect with a versatile career. He had a positive outlook on the architectural possibilities offered by swiftly developing building technology and industrial housing production. Internationally, his most well-known design is Toronto City Hall, Ontario, Canada, the design of which is based on the winning proposal designed together with Heikki Castrén, Bengt Lundsten and Seppo Valjus for an international architecture competition held in 1958. The building was completed in 1964.....Continue Reading

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