Sanomatalo () is a commercial and office building in central

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, to the north of Postitalo and the

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and to the south of the

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. It has twelve floors of which three are underground. The building was designed by professor

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and architect Antti-Matti Siikala and it was completed in 1999. It was the first "glassy" building in Helsinki, and environmentalists protested against the glass walls because they might cause bird deaths. There have also been protests against the building because it had two additional floors built contrary to the

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plan.

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sold the building in 2014 to a

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building fund for a sum of 176 million

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and remained in the building as a tenant. The offices of ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Loop'', '' Helmiradio'', '' HitMix,'' and '' Me Naiset Radio'' are located in open offices at the top floors of the building. The two lower floors are commercial and exhibition spaces: they include for example an

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branch. The building also has a

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point of the Finnish Red Cross. The addresses of the building are Töölönlahdenkatu 2, Alvar Aallon kuja 2, and Postikuja 2.

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* * ''Lehtitalon syke kohtaa kaupungin'' and other articles about Sanomatalo, '' Arkkitehti'' magazine #1/2000, pp. 64-71. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanomatalo Buildings and structures in Helsinki Kluuvi 1999 establishments in Finland