Atlantit / Atlantes

The Insurance Company Kaleva building, designed by Theodor Höijer, was completed in the year 1889. The design is based on early Renaissance of the north of Italy but the finished building merely refers to the period and the upper levels approach Baroque. The bay in the corner on the first floor, named Atlantes, was made by Robert Stigell. The Greek word 'atlas' refers to the mythical being support ...