Lauritsala Church is one of the iconic Brutalist churches in Finland. The design was based on architect Toivo Korhonen and architecture student Jaakko Laapotti’s winning entry ‘Taivaan valo’ in an architecture competition in 1957. The building was completed in 1969, two years after Lauritsala market town was incorporated to the City of Lappeenranta.

The plan of the church is a triangle. The raw concrete ceiling is made of slip-form construction. The roof partly has a glass cover. The windows on the altar wall go up to the tower.

The church is 47 metres tall, and there are seats for 670 persons.

Location

Kauppalankatu 4, Lappeenranta
61.07085007, 28.25662997

Images

Main entrance, Lauritsala Church
Main entrance, Lauritsala Church (© Tuomas Vitikainen / Wikimedia Commons)
Northeast elevation, Lauritsala Church
Northeast elevation, Lauritsala Church (© Tuomas Vitikainen / Wikimedia Commons)
Main entrance, Lauritsala Church
Main entrance, Lauritsala Church (© Tuomas Vitikainen / Wikimedia Commons)
View from the west, Lauritsala Church
View from the west, Lauritsala Church (© Tuomas Vitikainen / Wikimedia Commons)
View from the east, Lauritsala Church
View from the east, Lauritsala Church (© Tommi Nummelin / Wikimedia Commons)

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