Scandic Grand Central Helsinki design hotel
Scandic Grand Central Helsinki design hotel, Finnish railway station architecture photos
Scandic Grand Central Helsinki hotel
11 Jun 2021
Scandic Grand Central Helsinki design hotel building
Original architect: Eliel Saarinen ; Renewal architects: Futudesign with Puroplan
Location: Helsinki, Finland
A landmark of Finnish architecture, Helsinki Central railway station opens as a design hotel – Scandic Grand Central is Eliel Saarinen’s masterpiece with an extension that respects the original.
photo : Marc Goodwin Archmospheres
The Helsinki Central Railway Station, and its administrative buildings, are amongst Eliel Saarinen?s most important achievements in Finland and a masterpiece of Finnish art nouveau. The building, completed in 1919, has been listed amongst the most beautiful railway stations in the world and one of the most visited architecture destinations in Finland. Only a few years after the railway station was completed, Saarinen won second prize in the competition to design the Chicago Tribune skyscraper and thereafter moved permanently to the United States. Later his son, Eero Saarinen, continued the family´s triumph of iconic terminal buildings by designing JFK airport’s TWA Flight Center (Terminal 5) in 1962.
Scandic Grand Central Helsinki is located in the old administrative buildings of the Helsinki Central railway station. With its 500 rooms together with meeting and banquet facilities, Scandic Grand Central is among the largest hotels i...
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