Sunday, September 8, 2013

Historical Façade Colour Schemes in the City of Helsinki Finland

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I've been going through the book



HELSINGIN VÄRIKAAVA
HELSINGIN JULKISIVUVÄRITYKSEN HISTORIAA

(Helsinki Colour Schemes
A History of Façade Colour Plans for Helsinki
ISBN 951-771-479-3
KIRJAPAINO OY NOVA
HELSINKI 1985)



I'm reproducing here the drawing examples in the book of typical colours
for stone and wood buildings of the periods covered.

To make the images more readable I enhanced the colours in this manner:


From this
to this.











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Period: - 1810
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Period: 1810 - 1870
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Period: 1810 - 1870
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Period: 1870 - 1900
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Period: 1870 - 1900
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Period: 1900 - 1920
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Period: 1900 - 1920
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Period: 1920's
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Period: 1920's
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Period: 1930s
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Period: 1930's
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Period: 1940 -
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Period: 1940 -
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And here are a few photos of mine taken in Helsinki a few years ago:























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