Kouvola Town Hall

{{Short description|Seat of municipal government in Kouvola, Finland}}

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| building_name = Kouvola Town Hall

| image = Kouvolan kaupungintalo.JPG

| caption = Kouvola Town Hall

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| location = Kouvola, Finland

| address = Torikatu 10

| coordinates = {{coord|60.870256|26.701733|display=title,inline}}

| start_date = 1964

| completion_date = 1968

| status = Complete

| building_type = Government offices

| architectural_style = Modernist

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| architect = Juha Leiviskä
Bertel Saarnio

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| owner = City of Kouvola

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Kouvola Town hall ({{langx|fi|Kouvolan kaupungintalo}}) is the seat of municipal government of City of Kouvola, Finland. The building was designed by architect Juha Leiviskä together with Bertel Saarnio, and completed in 1968. It is considered to be the breakthrough work of Juha Leiviskä.{{Cite news|url=https://www.finnisharchitecture.fi/2016/06/wow-that-europhoric-feeling-an-anniversary-interview-with-juha-leiviska/|title=Wow! That euphoric feeling! An anniversary interview with Juha Leiviskä - finnisharchitecture.fi|work=finnisharchitecture.fi|access-date=2017-04-22|language=en-US}} DOCOMOMO Finland working party has included Kouvola Town Hall on its list of important architectural and environmental sites.{{Cite web|url=http://www.docomomo-fi.com/index.php?k=218308|title=Docomomo - Kouvolan kaupungintalo Kouvola town hall|last=Docomomo|website=www.docomomo-fi.com|language=fi|access-date=2017-04-22}} In 2017 Kouvola Town Hall was voted by Iltalehti readers as the most handsome city hall in Finland.{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

Main hall of Kouvola town hall is one of the two home concert halls of Kymi Sinfonietta.{{Cite web|url=http://www.kymisinfonietta.fi/en/Concerts/Concert%20places/|title=Concert places|website=Kymisinfonietta|language=en|access-date=2017-04-23}}

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