National Pensions Bldg
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 | National Pensions Building |
| Designer | Alvar Aalto |
| Location | Helsinki, Finland |
| Date | competition 1949, built 1952 |
| Building Type | government offices |
| Climate | cold |
| Context | urban |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
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| Notes | Beautiful example of detailing brick-as-cladding, with bronze metal trim. |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/National_Pensions_Bldg.html |
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"The National Pensions Institute, by Aalto (competition 1948; completed 1956), occupies a restricted triangular site in the northern part of the city. In it Aalto reintroduced red brick for modern Finnish town architecture. The brick buildings, copper-trimmed, step up the slope and enclose a raised courtyard. The canteen... exemplifies Aalto's decorative inventiveness; note the metal ceiling panels containing heating units and the walls lined with rounded ceramic tiles—invented by Aalto for this occasion and used by him in several buildings subsequently."
— J.M. Richards. 800 Years of Finnish Architecture. Vancouver: David and Charles, 1978. p156-7.
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David Dunster, ed. Alvar Aalto. London: St. Martin's Press, 1978. p80-85.
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