Hyvinkáa Church, 1958-1961

Aarno Ruusuvuori explained the points of departure of his architecture with the following words: i(Because of Alvar Aalto’s individual architectural thought and his brilliant gifts the field of freeform seemed pretty well full, so I thought it best to do something else, where I could work on my own. The force of Aalto directed me on to another road: that is one reason why I shifted to a more rational approach and sought more generally applicable solutions, rather than making each building as individual as possible. ”

The expressive power of Arno Ruusuvuori ’s architecture derives from reduction as well as from an honesty and authenticity of building material and structure. Linked with them are precise, graceful ideas and an absolutely accurate finish...[+]