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Otaniemi water tower, Espoo: exterior
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Otaniemi water tower, Espoo: exterior
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Otaniemi water tower, Espoo: exterior. The water tower designed by Alvar Aalto in Otaniemi, Espoo , Finland
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Otaniemi water tower, Espoo: exterior. Otaniemi water tower, Espoo, Finland
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Otaniemi water tower, Espoo: detail. Otaniemi water tower, Espoo, Finland
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Otaniemi water tower, Espoo: seen in its setting. The south-eastern part of Espoo, Finland
6/6 · Context · The south-eastern part of Espoo, FinlandPhoto: DreferComm · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
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Infrastructure · Modernism

Otaniemi water tower

byAlvar AaltoSee all 43 buildings →Espoo, Finland ↗

1971

Key featuresAalto's 1971 water tower in Otaniemi, a 45-metre landmark stacking a water tank on a free-form building.

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Architect
Alvar Aalto
Place
Espoo, Finland
Year
1971
Typology
Infrastructure
Movement
Modernism
Region
Europe

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