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	Suomen rakennustaiteen museo
		Jo ennen valmistumistaan 1936 Revell oli osakkaana arkkitehtitoimistossa Kokko—Rewell—Riihimäki.
		Toronton kaupungintalokilpailun vuonna 1958 voittaneen ryhmän - Viljo Revell, Heikki Castrén, Bengt Lundsten ja Seppo Valjus - ehdotus muodostuu kahdesta jalustalla seisovasta kaarevasta tornista, jotka suojaavat matalaa, pyöreää kokoussaliosaa.
		Revell oli ideageneraattori ja organisaattori eikä kuluttanut aikaansa turhien pikkuasioiden pohdiskelussa.
	www.mfa.fi /arkkitehtiesittely?apid=3869 (447 words)

	Didrichsenin taidemuseo
		Monien teknisesti vaikeiden ratkaisujen toteuttajana Revell oli uranuurtaja, mutta hänen arkkitehtuurissaan tekniikka ei koskaan päässyt voitolle humaanista suhtautumisesta.
		Kysymys ei ollut pelkästään rakennuksen ulkoisista ominaisuuksista, vaan Revell pyrki menemään syvemmälle tavoitteenaan löytää rakennuksen todellinen luonteenlaatu.
		Viljo Revellin ja hänen avustajiensa suurin voitto oli Toronton kaupungintalon kansainvälisen suunnittelukilpailun ensimmäinen palkinto 520 muun ehdotusten joukosta.
	www.didrichsenmuseum.fi /revel1.htm (181 words)

	Didrichsenin taidemuseo
		Viljo Revell's international breakthrough was winning the first prize in the design competition for the City Hall of Toronto in Canada.
		Viljo Revell and Henry Moore were personal friends and Revell felt that a building was not complete without a Moore sculpture, he considered it the crowning touch.
		Revell contributed to the placement of a 16 meter high bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, The Archer, in front of the City Hall.
	www.didrichsenmuseum.fi /e_revel4.htm (390 words)

	Didrichsenin taidemuseo
		Viljo Revell's breakthrough project was the shoppingcenter building called the Glass Palace, which is the first totally functionalistic building in the capital.
		Revell was a 25 year old architectural student when he drew the house with two of his classmates.
		Despite that, Revell was the forerunner with respect to technically difficult solutions, he never forgot the human aspect - the sauna on the Palace Hotel's top floor is considered to be the most enjoyable in Helsinki.
	www.didrichsenmuseum.fi /e_revel3.htm (265 words)

	Project Of The Month: March 2004 - CPCI - Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institutewww.cpci.ca
		After Finnish architect Viljo Revell was named the winner, however, budget restraints were imposed, requiring much of the design to be reworked.
		Viljo Revell's greatest breakthrough, with the help of his assistants, was the winning of the architectural competition for the design of the City Hall of Toronto.
		In October 1958, Viljo Revell entered into a partnership with John B. Parkin Associates, Toronto, and this combined organization proceeded to carry on all the architectural and engineering work which was necessary to produce the final contract drawings and Specifications.
	www.cpci.ca /?sc=potm&pn=monthly32004 (1626 words)

	City of Toronto Archives: Toronto's New City Hall and its architect, Viljo Revell
		Born in 1910 at Vaasa, a town on the west coast of Finland, Viljo Revell was a rugged-looking man, fond of the sea and sailing.
		Though he always remained a loyal admirer of Aalto, Revell led the modern nationalist school that developed in Finland after World War II in reaction to the older man’s more romantic and personal style.
		Revell’s office was sought out by many young architects and he executed works in association with various proteges.
	www.toronto.ca /archives/city_hall_viljo_revell.htm (446 words)

	Didrichsenin taidemuseo
		Viljo Revellin ensimmäinen läpimurtotyö oli kevytrakenteinen, funktionalistinen basaarirakennus Lasipalatsi, jonka hän suunnitteli 25-vuotiaana opiskelijatovereidensa kanssa väliaikaisrakennukseksi.
		Revell oli ideageneraattori ja organisaattori, joka hioi suunnitelmat loppuun asti kuitenkaan kuluttamatta aikaa pikkuasioiden pohdiskeluun.
		Viljo Revellille tunnusomaista on korostettu horisontaalisuus ja voimakas massoittelu, jota kutsutaan "betonibrutalismiksi".
	www.didrichsenmuseum.fi /revel3.htm (191 words)

	Didrichsenin taidemuseo
		Revell suunnitteli myös sisustuksen; kaikki kalusteet kirjahyllyistä ruokapöytään, kaapistoihin ja akvaarioon, sisäänrakennettuun junarataan lasten leikkihuoneessa ja makuuhuoneiden sänkyihin yöpöytineen.
		Uima-altaan Revell suunnitteli niin, että vesi nousee piripintaan ja että rakennus peilautuu vedessä.
		Viljo Revell oli vaikuttanut siihen, että sama Mooren veistos, suurena pronssiversiona, pystytettiin Toronton kaupungintalon edustalle.
	www.didrichsenmuseum.fi /revel2.htm (325 words)

	City of Toronto: Toronto City Hall: A brief history
		Revell was not registered as an architect in Canada, the Canadian firm John B. Parkin Associates assisted him with the City Hall project.
		Viljo Revell's design was divided into three main parts: the podium, the convex circular council chamber and two office towers of differing heights.
		Tragically, Viljo Revell died of a heart attack 10 months prior to the opening ceremonies.
	www.toronto.ca /city_hall_tour/history.htm (470 words)

	WINTER IN THE SNOW; How Toronto Keeps Its Edge - New York Times
		When the civic square opened in 1965, Revell's centerpiece, the New City Hall, got all the attention: Two tall, curved towers protecting an overturned-saucer shape was a far cry from staid Toronto's idea of a public building.
		Revell designed a rectangular skating rink (in use as a reflecting pool from March to November), 100 feet by 200 feet, spanned by three concrete arches, close to the front, or Queen Street side, of the square.
		When the surrounding trees are illuminated, as they are after Nov. 27, and evening skaters follow their breath around the rink, it really does look like a page from a modern northern fairy tale.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?sec=travel&res=9C07E1D8113FF936A25752C1A96E958260&n=Top/Features/Travel/Destinations/Canada (623 words)

	New City Hall Toronto by Viljo Revell
		Mayor Nathan Phillips continued to campaign for a Hall after that vote, and won approval for one in 1956 with the proposal to hold an international architectural competition.
		Viljo Revell's design won that competition, beating 500 other entries; its selection is attributed to its sculptural quality and monumentality.
		The south-facing concave surfaces of the towers are glazed, heating the offices beyond the capabilities of their air conditioning in summer; while the larger convex walls are the core of the building's structure, formed entirely from ribbed concrete, with no window openings.
	www.galinsky.com /buildings/torontocityhall/index.htm (308 words)

	Didrichsenin taidemuseo
		The family moved out to "the country" in 1958 into the villa designed by Viljo Revell.
		Revell's vision was to combine three elements - art, architecture and nature.
		Viljo Revell had also arranged that the same sculpture, only made of bronze and 16 meter high, be placed outside the City Hall of Toronto.
	www.didrichsenmuseum.fi /e_revel2.htm (336 words)

	City Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Viljo Revell) - Canadian Architecture @ Archiseek.com
		After a year of submissions and public debate, the design proposed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell won.
		Revell's twin-towered structure has been controversial from the beginning: a contemporary letter to the editor dismissed the building as "two boomerangs over half a grapefruit." Frank Lloyd Wright described the building as "a headmarker for a grave," and added "future generations will look at it and say: 'This marks the spot where Toronto fell.'"
		The south-facing concave surfaces of the towers are glazed, heating the offices beyond the capabilities of their air conditioning in summer; while the larger convex walls are formed entirely from ribbed concrete, with no window openings.
	canada.archiseek.com /ontario/toronto/cityhall.html (286 words)

	Lasipalatsi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Brunila's plan was angular and stiff and, on observing the deficiencies of the plan Viljo Revell, the leading figure of the student group, submitted his own proposal for improvements.
		Revell's proposal was found to be an improvement and was approved by the City Council for implementation with few amendments.
		The fierce economic recession of the early thirties was slackening off and the enterprises were encouraged to launch their joint venture.
	www.lasipalatsi.fi /historia/osa1_en.html (656 words)

	Toronto's new City Hall officially opens - "On This Day" - CBC Archives
		• Finnish architect Viljo Revell's design was chosen from among 520 entries from 42 countries.
		Revell died a year before the completion of what was described as his "greatest achievement."
		But when a limit was eventually enforced, Revell had to scramble to complete his building.
	archives.cbc.ca /IDC-1-69-1770-12065-10/on_this_day/life_society/twt (590 words)

	Travel Channel :: Fodor's Guides :: Toronto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Toronto's modern city hall was the outgrowth of a 1958 international competition to which some 520 architects from 42 countries submitted designs.
		The winning presentation by Finnish architect Viljo Revell was controversial -- two curved towers of differing height.
		Revell died before his masterwork was opened in 1965, but within months City Hall became a symbol of a thriving city, with a silhouette as recognizable in its own way as the Eiffel Tower.
	travel.discovery.com /destinations/fodors/toronto/sightsacts_31004_1.html (723 words)

	Toronto City Hall Photo Gallery
		Designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell after winning an international architectural competition in 1957, New City Hall opened in 1965 after 4 years of construction and $25 million.
		Chosen as the winning entry from submissions from 42 countries, Revell saw this building as an "eye of government", with the 2 arched towers serving as 'eyelids'.
		In front of New City Hall is Nathan Phillips Square, named after a former mayor and a popular outdoor skating rink in the winter.
	www.globalphotos.org /to-cityhall.htm (179 words)

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		Viljo Revell with John B. Parkin Associates, 1965
		In architect Viljo Revell's Finland, the eye represents the tradition of democratic rule.
		Moreover, the City Hall and Civic Square were intended to be the focal point of the City: an accessible, open area where citizens could gather.
	doorsopen.org /building/building.cfm?id=114 (178 words)

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		Eventually the judging panel loved the concept too, and suddenly Viljo Revell, who had once been an apprentice of Alvar Aalto, was on his way to Toronto to build what is still the city’s second most famous building after perhaps the CN Tower.
		The buildings were supposed to be taller, the council chamber (space ship) was supposed to be freestanding with outside leisure areas below, and the corners were to be sharper — not round, as they are today.
		Revell didn’t live long enough to set things right.
	www.torontosun.com /News/Columnists/Warmington_Joe/2006/08/29/pf-1783364.html (670 words)

	Didrichsenin taidemuseo
		Tämä johti luonnollisesti laajamittaisiin ongelmiin eikä Revell saanut heiltä silloin tarvitsemaansa tukea.
		Viljo Revell voitti yhdessä kolmen muun arkkitehdin kanssa teollisuuskeskuksen liiketalokilpailun.
		Vaikka Revell oli vaikeiden teknisten rakenteiden uranuurtaja, hän ei koskaan unohtanut inhimillisä tekijöitä - Palacen ullakkosaunaa pidetäänkin Helsingin viihtyisämpänä.
	www.didrichsenmuseum.fi /revel4.htm (322 words)

	Toronto City Hall Turns 30 Years Old
		There was a proud sense of occasion on September 13, 1965 when the new building was opened formally by His Excellency General George P. Vanier in the presence of the Prime Minister, the Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson; the Premier of Ontario, the Honourable John Robarts; and 14,000 dignitaries, invited guests and other onlookers.
		Henry Moore’s The Archer (1964-5) arose out of Viljo Revell’s respect for and growing friendship with the English sculptor (then nearly at the height of his reputation).
		The idea that Moore might create something with this site in mind was necessarily an informal suggestion because the architect was in no position to commission a work in the months before he died.
	300bucks.ca /news/Oct-4-2005-22.html (255 words)

	Toronto New City Hall
		Unfortunately, the festivities were marred by the absence of the architect Viljo Revell, who passed away a few months before.
		Viljo Revell, a 48-year old Finn, won the $25,000, plus-commission prize, with his distinctive City Hall design.
		As he was not a registered architect in this country, a Canadian firm, John B. Parkin Associates, was selected to work with Revell in the erection of this building.
	www.lostrivers.ca /points/newcityhall.htm (570 words)

	City Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Viljo Revell) - Canadian Architecture @ Archiseek.com
		City Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Viljo Revell) - Canadian Architecture @ Archiseek.com
		In 1957, the City of Toronto held the largest architectural competition to that date, and invited 520 architects from around the world to submit their plans for Toronto's new City Hall.
		The City Hall is almost Revell's only work outside Finland.
	www.canada.archiseek.com /ontario/toronto/cityhall.html (286 words)

	Amazon.com: "Viljo Revell": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Die spektakulrsten Bauten Kanadas aber stammen von auslndischen Architekten : der finnische Architekt Viljo Revell baute in Zusammenarbeit mit John B. Parkin das aus einem internationalen Wettbewerb hervorgegangene Rathaus in Toronto (1958-1965, Abb.
		on the other, a more rationalist or purist model upheld by architects like Viljo Revell (igio-64) and Aulis Blomstedt (igo6-79), who continued to work in a vein closer to the ideas of the early Modern...
		It had been designed by two prominent young architects,Viljo Revell and Keijo Petj, and was hailed as the most modern office building in Finland.s The Palace's interiors had been designed...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Viljo-Revell (529 words)

	UNIVERSITY PRESSES; Who Is That Masked Architect? - New York Times
		Just as Ireland has produced more than its fair share of celebrated poets and playwrights, and the Netherlands an abundance of famous painters, the small northern nation of Finland has furnished the world with an unusually large number of exceptional architects.
		The two best known are undoubtedly the great Arts and Crafts practitioner Eliel Saarinen and the modern master Alvar Aalto, but at least five stand out in the postwar generation: Viljo Revell, the husband-and-wife partnership of Heikki and Kaija Siren and another such team, Reima and Raili Pietila.
		Reima Pietila is the subject of this discursive study.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE6D81031F930A1575AC0A966958260 (547 words)

	Images of the New City Hall, Toronto, Canada, by Viljo Revell, 1959-65. (Digital Imaging Project: Art historical images ...
		Images of the New City Hall, Toronto, Canada, by Viljo Revell, 1959-65.
		The Finnish architect Viljo Revell was awarded this commission after winning a competition with more than 500 entries from all over the world.
		The design consists of two towers, one of 20 stories, the other of 27, curving around a circular council chamber.
	www.bluffton.edu /%7ESULLIVANM/revell/revell.html (336 words)

	Suomen rakennustaiteen museo
		Oy Viisikon viisi pistetaloa (Markus Tavio) sekä Tapiolan Lastentalo (Viljo Revell).
		Oy Sufika (Viljo Revell), vieressä Myymälärakennus ja As.
		Rakennusten eteläpuolelle valmistui 1954 Otsolahden lämpökeskus (Viljo Revell).
	www.mfa.fi /kimmelmetsstotso (176 words)

	Lasipalatsi at AllExperts
		An earlier building at the same location was the Turku barracks, which was destroyed in the Finnish Civil War in 1918.
		Lasipalatsi, designed by three young architects Viljo Revell, Heimo RiihimÃ¤ki and Niilo Kokko, was built on the same site in 1936.
		Lasipalatsi, containing offices, restaurants and a film theatre, was originally designed as a temporary building, later to be torn down to allow a larger office building to be constructed in its place.
	en.allexperts.com /e/l/la/lasipalatsi.htm (418 words)

	Toronto Attractions
		The City Hall we see today was the result of a world-wide architectural competition.
		The entry submitted by Viljo Revell of Helsinki, Finland, was selected, and the building opened on September 13, 1965.
		Unfortunately, Revell died before the opening, so the city dedicated a Commemorative Column to his memory.
	www.angelfire.com /ab7/sfc2/toronto_attractions.htm (192 words)

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