Tapiola Church

Tapiola Church (Finnish: Tapiolan kirkko, Swedish: Hagalunds kyrka) is a Lutheran church in the Tapiola district of Espoo, Finland. The modernist concrete building in brutalist style was designed by the architect Aarno Ruusuvuori and opened in 1965.^[1] The church seats 600 people and is thus the largest in Espoo by capacity.^[1]

Tapiola Church in the winter

Church interior

The church is part of the garden city of Tapiola which is internationally famous for its architecture^[2] and listed as a nationally significant built cultural heritage site by the National Board of Antiquities.^[3] Docomomo has also selected Tapiola as a significant example of modern architecture in Finland.^[4]

See also

• Hyvinkää Church, another church by Aarno Ruusuvuori