Muurame church
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| Muurame church | |
Muuramen kirkko | |
 Muurame church in 2017 | |
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| 62°07′30″N 25°39′51″E / 62.125116°N 25.664287°E | |
| Location | Muurame |
|---|---|
| Country | Finland |
| Denomination | Lutheran |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Alvar Aalto |
| Architectural type | Nordic Classicism[1] |
| Completed | 1929 |
| Specifications | |
| Number of spires | 1 |
| Materials | Brick (plastered)[2] |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Muurame parish |
Muurame church, located in Muurame, central Finland, was designed by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, and completed in 1929.[2]
It was the first Aalto-designed church, and the only one of his many church designs in the 1920s, to be built, and represents his transition from Nordic Classicism to the Functionalist style he is mostly known for.[2][1] As a transitional work, the Muurame church has been undervalued among Aalto's designs by many critics, and even the architect himself called it his 'aberration of youth' (nuoruudensynti).[2][3]
The church's elongated-nave, single-aisle design and campanile (belfry) were influenced by Aalto's honeymoon trip to Italy a few years earlier, and the churches he saw there.[1][2][4]
