Viljo Revell

Viljo Revell

Viljo Revell (January 25 1910– November 8 1964) was a Finnish architect of the functionalist school. Internationally Revell is best known for designing the Toronto City Hall.

Born in Vaasa in 1910, he graduated upper-secondary final examination in 1928 from Vaasan Lyseo. He graduated as an architect from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1937. He married Maire Myntti in 1941; they had three daughters born in 1942, 1943 and 1945. He was one of the survivors of the sinking of the Finnish flagship, the coastal defence ship Ilmarinen in 1941.

ignificant buildings

* 1935 Lasipalatsi ("Crystal Palace") Helsinki with Alvar Aalto, Niilo Kokko, Olavi Laisaari and Heimo Riihimäki [http://www.lasipalatsi.fi/index_en.html]
* 1948 Hotel Palace Helsinki [http://www.palace.fi/etusivu.asp?rest=palacehotel&lang=en]
* 1953 Tower block in Tapiola Espoo
* 1953/1954-1956, 1960 Kudeneule knitwear factory (current [http://www.printal.fi/ Printal] ), Hanko
* 1959 Sauna Johnson Wisconsin U.S.
* 1960 "City-Center" office building ("Makkaratalo"), Helsinki with Heikki Castrén [http://photoweb.lodestone.org/photo/1313/fi]
* 1962 Office block in Vaasa now called the "Rewell Center" [http://www.rewellcenter.fi/]
* 1962 Watertower in Tapiola Espoo
* 1964 New wing of the Didrichsen Art Museum Kuusisaari Helsinki [http://www.didrichsenmuseum.fi/]
* 1966 Toronto City Hall Toronto Ontario Canada

External links

* [http://www.didrichsenmuseum.fi/revel1.htm Viljo Revell 1910 - 1964] (in Finnish)


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