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Tapiola Church (, ) is a Lutheranism, Lutheran church in the Tapiola district of Espoo, Finland. The Modern architecture, modernist concrete building in brutalist architecture, brutalist style was designed by the architect Aarno Ruusuvuori and opened in 1965. The church seats 600 people and is thus the largest in Espoo by capacity. The church is part of the Garden city movement, garden city of Tapiola which is internationally famous for its architecture and listed as a nationally significant built cultural heritage site by the Finnish National Board of Antiquities, National Board of Antiquities. Docomomo International, Docomomo has also selected Tapiola as a significant example of modern architecture in Finland.


See also

* Hyvinkää Church, another church by Aarno Ruusuvuori


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Tapiolan kirkko
Lutheran churches in Finland Churches completed in 1965 Modernist architecture in Finland Buildings and structures in Espoo Aarno Ruusuvuori buildings Tapiola {{Finland-Lutheran-church-stub