Seinäjoki City Hall

City hall in Finland

Seinäjoki City Hall

Seinäjoen kaupungintalo

Seinäjoki City Hall, with the belfry of the Lakeuden Risti Church in the background

General information
Architectural style| Modernism
Town or city| Seinäjoki
Country| Finland
Coordinates| 62°47′12″N 22°50′30″E﻿ / ﻿62.786564°N 22.841781°E﻿ / 62.786564; 22.841781
Completed| 1962
Design and construction
Architect(s)| Alvar Aalto
Website
www.seinajoki.fi/en/

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]

## Architecture

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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]

## See also

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* Aalto Centre, Seinäjoki
* Rovaniemi city hall

* Finland portal

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "Seinäjoen Aalto-keskus". RKY.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Heritage Agency. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
2. ^ a b "The Administrative and Cultural Centre in Seinäjoki". AlvarAalto.fi. Alvar Aalto Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
3. ^ "History of town and city halls". Museum of Finnish Architecture (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
4. ^ "Alvar Aallon suunnittelema, suojeltu kaupungintalo peruskorjattiin vihdoin Seinäjoella" [Aalto-designed, protected city hall was finally renovated in Seinäjoki] (in Finnish). Yle. 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
5. ^ "City Hall". VisitSeinajoki.fi. City of Seinäjoki. Archived from the original on 4 November 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.

## External links

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* The Administrative and Cultural Centre in Seinäjoki on Alvar Aalto Foundation website
* City Hall on City of Seinäjoki website

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Seinäjoki Cityscape

Parks and recreation|

* Hirvijärvi Reservoir
* Kalajärvi Reservoir
* Mannerheim Park

Culture|

* Aalto Centre
* Ilkka
* Provinssirock
* Seinäjoki City Theatre
* Seinäjoki Civil Guard House
* Seinäjoki Library
* Tangomarkkinat

Churches and landmarks|

* Lakeuden Risti Church
* Seinäjoki City Hall
* Torikeskus

Education|

* Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences

Sports|

| Venues|

* OmaSP Stadion
* Seinäjoen keskuskenttä
* Seinäjoki Pesäpallo Stadium

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Teams and clubs|

* Nurmon Jymy
* Peräseinäjoen Toive
* Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho
* Seinäjoen JymyJussit
* Seinäjoen Maila-Jussit
* Seinäjoki Crocodiles
* Sepsi-78
* SJK Akatemia

Transport|

* Seinäjoki Airport
* Seinäjoki railway station
* Ylistaro railway station

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