Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen was a
Finnish architecture
Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...
firm, founded in
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
in 1896 by architects
Herman Gesellius
Herman Ernst Henrik Gesellius (16 January 1874 – 24 March 1916) was a Finnish architect.
Biography
Gesellius graduated from the Polytechnical Institute in 1897. In 1896 he founded the architecture firm Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen with Arma ...
,
Armas Lindgren
Armas Eliel Lindgren (28 November 1874 – 3 October 1929) was a 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 Polytechnica ...
and
Eliel Saarinen
Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (, ; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish and 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 Ee ...
.
They achieved international recognition with their design for the Finnish pavilion at the
Paris World Expo in 1900, designed in the then prevailing
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
style. From 1901 to 1904, the three architects designed and built an extensive studio home for themselves and their families called
Hvitträsk
Hvitträsk is a mansion complex in Kirkkonummi, Finland, about west of Helsinki. It was designed as a studio home by the members of the Finnish architecture firm Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen, later becoming the private residence of Eliel Saarin ...
, in the rural community of
Kirkkonummi
Kirkkonummi (; , , Sweden ) is a municipality in Finland, located in the southern coast of the country. Kirkkonummi is situated in the western part of the Uusimaa region. The population of Kirkkonummi is approximately . It is the most populous Mu ...
by the lake.
In 1905, the company ceased operations and the
National Museum of Finland
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was their last work. Its construction was monitored by Lindgren alone.
Major works
Finnish Pavilion at the
Paris 1900 Exposition
The Exposition Universelle of 1900 (), better known in English as the 1900 Paris Exposition, was a world's fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate develop ...
Other works
References
Architecture firms of Finland
Eliel Saarinen
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