Architecture
Helskini was designated the capital of Finland by Tsar Alexander
I (who also served as Grand Duke of Finland) in 1812. Johan Ehrenstrom
of Sweden was selected as city planner and Carl Engel of Prussia
as architect for Senate Square and surroundings; they employed the
neo-classical or empire style. National Romanticism featured peasant
timber and granite (examples are the National Museum and Tampere
Cathedral). Leading architects - Herman Gasellium, Armas Lindgren
and Eliel Saarinen. More recently the Modernists have become prominent,
among them Alvar Aalto (especially in Jyvaskyla); they promote organic
architecture, a fusion of purpose with the environment (for example,
Finlandia Hall in Helsinki). 2001 World Architectural Award was
presented to 3 young architects who won the competition for the
design of the Finnish Embassy in Berlin.
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