Seinäjoki City Hall
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| Seinäjoki City Hall | |
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Seinäjoen kaupungintalo | |
 Seinäjoki City Hall, with the belfry of the Lakeuden Risti Church in the background | |
 Interactive map of the Seinäjoki City Hall area | |
| General information | |
| Architectural style | Modernism |
| Location | Seinäjoki, Finland |
| Coordinates | 62°47′12″N 22°50′30″E / 62.786564°N 22.841781°E |
| Completed | 1962 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Alvar Aalto |
| Website | |
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The Seinäjoki City Hall is the main municipal administrative building in the city of Seinäjoki, Finland. It is notable for having been designed by the renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto.[1][2][3]
The building is based on Aalto's 1959 winning entry into a design contest for the new Seinäjoki urban plan, and was completed three years later in 1962.[1] It was comprehensively renovated in the 2010s, with the work finished in 2018.[4]
The exterior cladding of the main facade features dark blue ceramic tiles which appear to change colour under different lighting conditions.[5]
The city council assembly hall was designed to serve a dual purpose as a concert venue.[1]
The City Hall forms part of the city's so-called Aalto Centre (Finnish: Aalto-keskus), a cluster of Aalto-designed public buildings and an integral central square,[2] which has been recognised by the Finnish Heritage Agency as a nationally important built cultural environment (Valtakunnallisesti merkittävä rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö).[1]
