Viljo Revell

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Viljo Revell was a Finnish modernist architect best known internationally for designing Toronto’s iconic New City Hall.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architect
human
modernist architect
burialPlace Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki
surface form: Hietaniemi Cemetery
causeOfDeath heart attack
continentOfCitizenship Europe
countryOfBirth Finland
countryOfCitizenship Finland
countryOfDeath Finland
dateOfBirth 1910-01-25
dateOfDeath 1964-11-08
designed Finnish pavilions for international exhibitions (various)
Lasipalatsi (renovation and extension projects context)
Palace Hotel, Helsinki
Tapiola Church
Toronto City Hall
Nathan Phillips Square
surface form: Toronto City Hall square
educatedAt Helsinki University of Technology
era 20th-century architecture
familyName Revell
fieldOfWork architecture
genre modernist architecture
givenName Viljo
hasGender male
hasInfluenced later generations of Finnish architects
hasInfluenceOn Canadian civic architecture
hasWorkLocation Canada
Finland
knownFor Finnish modernist architecture
design of Toronto City Hall
languageOfWorkOrName Finnish
Swedish
movement Modernism
name Viljo Revell self-link
nationality Finnish
nativeLanguage Finnish
notableWork Toronto City Hall
Toronto City Hall
surface form: Toronto New City Hall
occupation architect
participatedIn international architectural competitions
placeOfBirth Vaasa
placeOfDeath Helsinki
residence Helsinki
workedIn Helsinki
Toronto

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Nathan Phillips Square architect Viljo Revell
Toronto City Hall architect Viljo Revell
Toronto City Hall competitionWinner Viljo Revell
Viljo Revell name Viljo Revell self-link