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Published in 5/2020 - Monument

Housing

Courtyard Tampere City Hotel

ALA Architects

Architects Juho Grönholm, Antti Nousjoki, Samuli Woolston
Location Yliopistonkatu 57, Tampere
Gross area 9 523 m2 
Completion 2020
Old building Tampere Hall, Esa Piironen & Sakari Aartelo, 1990 (ARK 8/1990)

The hotel seeks to foster a sense of cohesion between Tampere Hall and Tampere University’s main building → “Filling in the Blank“

Photos Tuomas Uusheimo, Marc Goodwin, J Filipe Wiens

  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
  • © Marc Goodwin
  • © Marc Goodwin
  • © J Filipe Wiens
  • © J Filipe Wiens
  • © J Filipe Wiens

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