The Palace Hotel is an historic modernist hotel in Helsinki, opened in 1952, the year of the Helsinki Olympic Games.[1] The building was designed by architects Viljo Revell and Keijo Petäjä, and was constructed during 1949–1952.[2][3] In addition to the Palace Hotel and related restaurants, the building hosted also the main offices of the Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers.[4] The interiors of the building were furnished by various renowned Finnish interior designers, such as Olli Borg, Antti Nurmesniemi and Olavi Hänninen.[1][3][4]
The hotel building has been included in the selection of Finnish masterpieces of modernism in architecture by the Docomomo International organization.[4]
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- ^ Sharp, Dennis (2002). Twentieth-century architecture: a visual history. Images Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-86470-085-5.
- ^ a b Open Helsinki – Embedding Design in Life (PDF). World Design Capital 2012 Application. April 2010. pp. 118, 125.
- ^ a b c Marja Piimies, ed. (2009), Suburban Guide (PDF), Helsinki City Planning Department, p. 8, ISBN 978-952-223-510-7