Published in 1/2024 - The Heart of the City

Project Review

Not Only in Eliel Saarinen’s Footsteps

Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen

Photo: Tuomas Uusheimo

The mark of the hand of architects from several different eras was preserved in the renovation of Lahti City Hall.

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