Palace Hotel, Helsinki‎

{{Short description|Hotel in Helsinki, Finland}}

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The Palace Hotel is an historic modernist hotel in Helsinki, opened in 1952, the year of the Helsinki Olympic Games.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tjEZ69XArYC|author=Malcolm Quantrill|year=1995|title=Finnish architecture and the modernist tradition|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-419-19520-7}} The building was designed by architects Viljo Revell and Keijo Petäjä, and was constructed during 1949–1952.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sQUi8kRKWrMC|author=Sharp, Dennis|year=2002|title=Twentieth-century architecture: a visual history|publisher=Images Publishing|page=191|isbn=978-1-86470-085-5}}{{cite book|url=http://www.garrettstokes.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/HELSINKI-WDC-BID-FOR-2012.pdf|title=Open Helsinki – Embedding Design in Life|publisher=World Design Capital 2012 Application|date=April 2010|pages=118, 125}} In addition to the Palace Hotel and related restaurants, the building hosted also the main offices of the Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers.{{citation|url=https://www.hel.fi/static/kanslia/Lahioprojekti/julkaisut/sub26_en_verkko.pdf|title=Suburban Guide|publisher=Helsinki City Planning Department|editor=Marja Piimies|year=2009|page=8|isbn=978-952-223-510-7}} The interiors of the building were furnished by various renowned Finnish interior designers, such as Olli Borg, Antti Nurmesniemi and Olavi Hänninen.

The hotel building has been included in the selection of Finnish masterpieces of modernism in architecture by the Docomomo International organization.