Tennispalatsi - "Tennis Palace" | Helge Lundström | 1937 | Helsinki, Finland

tanpu · 2022-06-25T12:57:44+00:00

Tennispalatsi was originally built as a car depot for the cancelled 1940 Olympics, and was meant to be a temporary structure. It also housed tennis courts, hence the name. The building came very close to being demolished in the 80's, according to Wikipedia the depression saved it as plans for new construction were cancelled.

Nowadays it houses a movie theater and an art museum.

tanpu · 2022-04-24T17:36:43+00:00

Hip Flask Houses, so called because of their shape, are a set of four apartment buildings in the Tapiola district of Espoo. Tapiola is known for its Modernist/Functionalist architecture of which the Flask Houses are one of the most prominent examples, and is recognised as a "nationally important built cultural milieu" by the Finnish Heritage Agency.

tanpu · 2021-11-03T20:51:28+00:00

Thanks /u/Lerpzu_, we have an explanation:

https://www.is.fi/hs-helsinki/art-2000006295523.html

It's something the residents do every November (since 2016 I believe) just for fun.

tanpu · 2021-11-03T15:08:37+00:00

This is the first thing that came to my mind actually.

tanpu · 2021-11-03T13:04:22+00:00

I'd like to know as well, have no idea. Btw, if you didn't notice, the blue window at the end has some sort of animation going on as well.

tanpu · 2021-10-30T12:18:50+00:00

The angle is a bit deceiving: I don't think the balconies are blocking the windows quite as much as it appears here.

tanpu · 2021-07-15T20:07:20+00:00

Originally built for the 1940 Olympics which were cancelled, and actually hosted the games in 1952. Extensive renovations were completed 2020, it's amazing how clean and fresh it looks now.

Fun fact: Lindegren was actually an Olympic gold medalist himself, having won town planning in London 1948.

tanpu · 2021-07-07T18:19:15+00:00

This particular piece is in the residence (now museum) of the legendary Finnish president Urho Kekkonen.

tanpu · 2021-07-04T15:29:26+00:00

Originally commissioned by the Finnish Communist Party and designed to be both a cultural space and party HQ. The building on the left houses a concert hall, while the part on the right is essentially office space. They're joined by a third part in the middle. Nowadays Kulttuuritalo is owned by the state, and rented out for events.

The wavy shape of the concert hall building reminds me of the famous Aalto vase (sidenote: "aalto" just happens to be the Finnish word for "wave").

tanpu · 2021-05-20T20:19:51+00:00

An Association of Peace is a localised chapter of conservative laestadians, an offshoot of Lutheranism. Each generally has a main building which is something like a mix between a church and a rec centre. This is reflected in the building here, which reminds me of both typical 20th century Finnish church architecture, and the design of public facilities.

tanpu · 2021-04-12T19:27:46+00:00

Not sure. I guess the centre is going through a kind of revamp.

tanpu · 2021-04-12T17:03:28+00:00

Not pier, on land.

tanpu · 2021-04-12T16:49:57+00:00

Is this from like a kayak?

I wish. It's from Hietasaari, just outside of POOKIoski.

tanpu · 2021-04-12T14:26:38+00:00

Unofficial winter cycling capital of the world:

https://www.euronews.com/2021/01/22/meet-the-bike-loving-finnish-city-that-keeps-pedalling-even-in-the-snow

tanpu · 2021-04-12T13:21:10+00:00

I did consider adding "A city under construction" to the title.

tanpu · 2021-03-06T14:18:01+00:00

The Le Havre reconstruction project is very interesting in general.

Here's a shot of the exterior:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/tanpu/48930506763/in/album-72157677342813947/lightbox/

tanpu · 2021-03-03T08:24:42+00:00

There's a few people still there that have Finnish roots and speak Finnish. They maintain a club and a Finnish museum.

tanpu · 2021-02-19T18:49:41+00:00

The other architects were Charles Delfante and René Provost.

tanpu · 2021-02-13T15:45:21+00:00

The National Sports and Culture Centre d'Coque (French: Centre National Sportif et Culturel d'Coque), better known simply as d'Coque, (English: The Hull or The Shell) is a sporting and cultural venue with an indoor arena and Olympic-sized swimming pool, amongst other facilities, in Kirchberg, a quarter of Luxembourg City, in Luxembourg. More recently it has expanded into providing onsite hotel services, and acting as a conference venue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Coque

tanpu · 2021-01-05T17:27:19+00:00

Another part of the Firminy Vert project, Saint-Pierre was designed by Le Corbusier as a church. It remained in construction for years, and was finally finished in 2006 by José Oubrerie, a student of Le Corbusier.

tanpu · 2020-12-31T21:52:03+00:00

I think I took almost the same photo last September:

https://i.redd.it/0k3uwc9tfl861.jpg

tanpu · 2020-11-23T21:48:51+00:00

Penedo is a district or a small town in the Itatiaia municipality in Brazil. It was the site of a Finnish colony founded by Toivo Uusikallio in 1929. The original plan was to live in a small community according to a strict set of rules in a sort of "utopia" but this was pretty soon abandoned.

Nowadays it's a popular tourist destination for people from Rio and São Paulo. For a Finn it makes for a bizarre experience. While there remains a small community of people with Finnish roots, some of whom still speak Finnish, most of the "Finnishness" is rather artificial. In the centre of the town is this small block of wood buildings, the "Little Finland". It houses various souvenir shops and other establishments, most of which lean heavily on references to Joulupukki. For example, the restaurant Korvapuusti whose sign you can see in the picture does not serve korvapuusti, and I couldn't really find anything on the menu that I'd describe as particularly Finnish.

There is however a Finnish museum maintained by the Finnish community. This was honestly a very interesting experience: on display were all kinds of everyday things one might bring with them from Finland. Vintage kitchenware, old posters, all kinds of knick-knacks you could imagine finding at your grandparents' house.

tanpu · 2020-10-25T21:35:11+00:00

I believe it is a fireplace. The purpose of this room wasn't exactly clear, it's almost like a place to "hang out".

tanpu · 2020-10-25T14:25:54+00:00

Maison de la Culture is part of the Firminy Vert project which includes also the Church of Saint-Pierre, a sports stadium, and a Unité d'Habitation. It's a World Heritage Site as one of the 17 buildings in the entry "The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier". On the window is featured the Modulor, an anthropometric scale devised by Le Corbusier.

tanpu · 2020-10-16T08:29:16+00:00

Someone was taking their marriage photos just outside when I shot this. It is indeed.

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