Dipoli Conference Center
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 | Dipoli Conference Center |
| Designer | Reima Pietila |
| Location | Otaniemi, Finland |
| Date | 1966 |
| Building Type | conference center, student center |
| Climate | cold |
| Context | suburban campus |
| Architectural Style | Expressionist Modern |
| Street Address | Otakaari 24 |
| Notes | Curved organic shapes, geomorphic. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Dipoli_Conference_Center.html |
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"Dipoli, undoubtedly the Pietilas' best known work, with its huge boulders, copper-sheated walls and concrete roof, reads as a primeval shelter and and the primal cave."
— William Morgan, in Randall J. Van Vunckt, ed. International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture : Volume 1, Architects. Detroit: St. James Press, 1993. ISBN 1-55862-087-7. LC 93-13431. NA40.I48 1993. 720'.9-dc20.
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References
Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. binuclear diagram, p205.— Updated edition available at Amazon.com
Malcolm Quantrill. Reima Pietila: Architecture, Context and Modernism. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1985. ISBN 0-8478-0636-7. LC 85-42923. NA1455.F53P536 1985. color photo of exterior, p56-57. drawing of ground floor plan, p58. drawing of main floor plan, p59. drawing of section, p62. drawing of section, p63. drawing of elevation, p62.
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