Herman Ernst Henrik Gesellius (16 January 1874 – 24 March 1916) was a Finnish architect.

Biography

Gesellius graduated from the

Polytechnical Institute An institute of technology (also referred to as: technological university, technical university, university of technology, technological educational institute, technical college, polytechnic university or just polytechnic) is an institution of te ...

in 1897. In 1896 he founded the architecture firm

Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen was a Finnish architecture firm, founded in Helsinki in 1896 by architects Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren and Eliel Saarinen. They achieved international recognition with their design for the Finnish pavilion at ...

with

Armas Lindgren Armas Eliel Lindgren (28 November 1874 – 3 October 1929) was Finnish architect, professor and painter. Biography Early life and career Armas Lindgren was born in Hämeenlinna on 28 November 1874. He studied architecture in the Polytechnical I ...

and

Eliel Saarinen Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (, ; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish-American Architecture, architect known for his work with art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. He was also the father of famed architect Eero ...

. The most famous work projected under his own name is the ''Wuorio House'' ("Wuorion talo") at Unioninkatu 30,

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...

. Gesellius designed it from 1908 to 1909, and Lindgren completed it from 1913 to 1914. It also features sculptures by . Gesellius withdrew from architectural work in 1912 because of a serious illness. He died in 1916 from a tuberculotic disease.

Works with Lindgren and Saarinen

* Thalberg House in

(1897–1898) * Finnish Pavilion at Exposition Universelle in 1900, Paris *

Pohjola Insurance building The Pohjola Insurance building is the former headquarters of the Pohjola Insurance Company at Aleksanterinkatu 44 and Mikonkatu 3 in central Helsinki. Primarily designed by Gesellius, Lindgren & Saarinen and constructed in 1899–1901, it is ...

in Helsinki (1900–1901) * House of Physicians, now Agronomitalo, in Helsinki (1900–1901) *

Hvitträsk Hvitträsk is a mansion complex in Kirkkonummi, Finland, about west of Helsinki. It was designed as a studio home for the members of the Finnish architecture firm Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen, later becoming the private residence of Eliel Saar ...

, home-atelier of architects in

Kirkkonummi Kirkkonummi (; sv, Kyrkslätt, , Sweden ) is a Municipalities of Finland, municipality of inhabitants () in southern Finland. The literal meaning of the words "''Kirkkonummi''" and "''Kyrkslätt''" in English language, English is "church heath". ...

(1901–1904) *

National Museum of Finland The National Museum of Finland ( fi, Kansallismuseo, sv, Nationalmuseum) presents Finnish history from the Stone Age to the present day, through objects and cultural history. The Finnish National Romantic style building is located in central Hel ...

in Helsinki (1905–1910) * Club house for the Luther factory in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

(1904–1905) *

Vyborg railway station Vyborg (russian: Вы́борг; fi, Viipurin rautatieasema) is a railway station, located in the town of Vyborg in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The first wooden station building was built in 1870. The second station building was built in 1913 but ...

(1904–1913), with Saarinen

Gallery

File:Daniel Nyblin - Architects Lindgren, Saarinen, Östman and Gesellius.jpg,

and Herman Gesellius in the late 1890s (with Albertina Östman) File:Unioninkatu 30 Helsinki.jpg, Wuorio House at Unioninkatu 30

References

1874 births 1916 deaths Architects from Helsinki People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) 19th-century Finnish architects 20th-century Finnish architects 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Finland {{commonscat