Viljo Revell
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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.
[edit] Significant buildings
- 1935 Lasipalatsi ("Crystal Palace") Helsinki with Niilo Kokko, Olavi Laisaari and Heimo Riihimäki [1]
- 1948 Hotel Palace Helsinki [2]
- 1953 Tower block in Tapiola Espoo
- 1953/1954-1956, 1960 Kudeneule knitwear factory (current Printal), Hanko
- 1959 Sauna Johnson Wisconsin U.S.
- 1960 City-Center office building ("Makkaratalo"), Helsinki with Heikki Castrén [3]
- 1962 Office block in Vaasa now called the "Rewell Center" [4]
- 1962 Watertower in Tapiola Espoo
- 1964 New wing of the Didrichsen Art Museum Kuusisaari Helsinki [5]
- 1966 Toronto City Hall Toronto Ontario Canada
