Wilkman House, Helsinki
From the Institute of Psycholonia, I returned to Liisankatu Street, where I saw an absolutely amazing building at number 16.
![Wilkmanin talo Vilkman House, Helsinki](http://ps1.lpsphoto.top/16/0513/164601.jpg)
This is the Wilkmanin talo, built in 1904 by the architect Vilho Penttilä.
![Wilkmanin talo Vilkman House, Helsinki](http://ps1.lpsphoto.top/16/0513/164634.jpg)
The architectural style of the building can not be determined unambiguously: the building resembles a castle, the lower floor is lined with natural stone, these are features of National Romanticism, or Northern Art Nouveau, popular in the early twentieth century in Scandinavia and the Baltic States.
![Wilkmanin talo Vilkman House, Helsinki](http://ps1.lpsphoto.top/16/0513/163950.jpg)
However, the gray walls are contrasted with bright gilded bas-reliefs typical of the Art Deco style, which at that time had not yet emerged.
![Wilkmanin talo Vilkman House, Helsinki](http://ps1.lpsphoto.top/16/0513/163941.jpg)
Some of the decorations depict vegetation as it should be in the Art Nouveau style.
![Wilkmanin talo Vilkman House, Helsinki](http://ps1.lpsphoto.top/16/0513/163905.jpg)
However, the upper part of the bay window on the right wing is decorated with shallow niches with bas-reliefs depicting roosters, so the building has an unofficial name "House with roosters".
![Wilkmanin talo Vilkman House, Helsinki](http://ps1.lpsphoto.top/16/0513/163923.jpg)
Above the window, we can see the tsiplats walking one by one.
![Wilkmanin talo Vilkman House, Helsinki](http://ps1.lpsphoto.top/16/0513/163914.jpg)
In addition to poultry, you can also see an ornament of cats located under the eaves of the roof of the right wing of the building.
![Wilkmanin talo Vilkman House, Helsinki](http://ps1.lpsphoto.top/16/0513/163908.jpg)