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(2-2-2000) Preface This is a study of the emergence and development of Functionalist Modernism in the city of Viipuri in pre-war Finland (today part of the Russian Federation). It features some of the buildings that represent the era of Scandinavian "white Functionalism", among them the world-renowned Viipuri Municipal Library by Alvar Aalto. With Frames | No Frames

1 INTRODUCTION The city of Viipuri as a hotbed for the Modernist movement. 2 THE ARCHITECTS The background of Functionalism in Finland and presentation of architects. 3 THE TRANSFORMATION: THE CLASSICISM Classicism as a stepping stone to Functionalism -- and on its own. 4 THE WHITE ERA: THE PRE-WAR YEARS The Finnish Functionalism in full swing. 5 THE AFTERMATH: THE SOVIET ERA The wartime of destruction and subsequent decades -- of destruction. 6 LOCATION MAP OF THE BUILDINGS The study building location map. 7 STUDY SOURCES H O M E P A G E © e t dankwa 6 December 2000