Helsinki Olympic Stadium
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The Helsinki Olympic Stadium, located in the Töölö district about 2.3 kilometres from the centre of the Finnish capital Helsinki, is the largest stadium in the country. The stadium is best known for b
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Helsinki Olympic Stadium in 1938 soon after its completion. The stadium, first built for the 1940 Olympics, had to wait until 1952 for its intended use as an arena for the Olympic games as the war led to the cancellation of the event.
Aerial view of the Olympic Stadium in 1976
The tower of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium, a distinct landmark with a height of 72.71 metres (238.5 ft).
Functionalism (architecture)
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In architecture, functionalism is the principle that buildings should be designed based solely on their purpose and function. An international functionalist architecture movement emerged in the wake o
Helsinki Olympic Stadium
…four years of renovation. The Olympic Stadium was designed by the architects Yrjö Lindegren and Toivo Jäntti. The Olympic stadium, known as an icon of functionalist style of architecture, was featured in the Architectural Digest as one of the best examples of Olympic architecture. Yrjö Lindgren later became himself…
The tower of the Helsinki Olympic Stadium (Y. Lindegren & T. Jäntti, built in 1934–38)
Secondary Industrial School (Mladá Boleslav), 1927, Jiří Kroha
Villa Tugendhat (Brno), 1928, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Villa Müller (Prague), 1930, Adolf Loos