main building of the University of Jyväskylä
Jyväskylä, Finland
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Designed by Alvar Aalto and completed in 1954, the main building of the University of Jyväskylä in central Finland represents a landmark of modernist academic architecture. Protected as a heritage structure under Finnish Decree 480/85, the building exemplifies Aalto's distinctive approach to institutional design, blending functional spatial planning with the organic principles that characterized his work during the mid-twentieth century.
Architect
- Built
- Type
- school building
- Heritage
- building protected by Decree 480/85 in Finland
- Place
- Jyväskylä, Finland
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