Risto-Veikko Luukkonen (25 June 1902, Mikkeli – 7 September 1972,

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

) was a Finnish architect. He is best known for designing the

Töölö Sports Hall Töölö Sports Hall (, ) is a sports venue located in the Töölö district of Helsinki, Finland. It was designed by Aarne Hytönen and Risto-Veikko Luukkonen and built in 1935 as Messuhalli (Exhibition Hall). It is located near the Olympic St ...

and the

Olympia Terminal The Olympia Terminal (, ) is a dock in the South Harbour of Helsinki, Finland. It was designed by the Hytönen- Luukkonen architects bureau and opened for the 1952 Summer Olympics. Today, the terminal has a regular connection to Stockholm, acti ...

together with

Aarne Hytönen Aarne Jonatan Hytönen (10 October 1901, Turku - 29 April 1972) was a Finnish architect. He is best known for designing the Töölö Sports Hall and the Olympia Terminal in Helsinki, Finland together with Risto-Veikko Luukkonen, both of which a ...

, both of which are listed by Docomomo (a global organization preserving modernist architecture) as significant examples of

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in Finland.

Works

, Helsinki (1935) – together with Aarne Hytönen * Finnish pavilion at the Brussels International Exposition (1935) – together with Aarne Hytönen * Suomi-yhtiö office building, Helsinki (1938) – together with Aarne Hytönen * Turku Concert Hall (1952) *

, Helsinki (1953) – together with Aarne Hytönen * Valkeakoski Town Hall (1955) – together with Aarne Hytönen * Turku City Theatre (1962) – together with Helmer Stenroos * Kuopio City Theatre (1963) – together with Helmer Stenroos * State Office Building, Turku (1967) – together with Helmer Stenroos File:Töölön Kisahalli.jpg, Töölö Sports Hall File:Olymppiaterminaali Helsinki.jpg, Olympia Terminal File:Concert hall of Turku.jpg, Turku Concert Hall File:Municipal_Theatre_of_Turku.jpg, Turku City Theatre File:Kuopio_City_Theatre.jpg, Kuopio City Theater File:Valtion_virastotalo_Turku.jpg, State Office Building, Turku

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Luukkonen, Risto-Veikko 1902 births 1972 deaths People from Mikkeli People from Mikkeli Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) 20th-century Finnish architects