- Architecture of Finland
The
architecture ofFinland has a notable history spanning over 800 years [ [http://www.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=27045 Century of Finnish Architecture — Virtual Finland ] ] [Richards, J.M. 800 Years of Finnish Architecture. London: David & Charles, 1978. ISBN-10: 0715375121] and the architecture has contributed to several styles internationally, such as Nordicmodernism , through the works ofAlvar Aalto .Most commonly, Finland's architectural achievements are related to modern architecture, mostly due to the fact that the current building stock has less than 13% that date back to before 1920 [ [http://www.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=27046 Century of Finnish Architecture — Virtual Finland ] ] , which relates to the reconstruction following
World War II .In addition to Aalto, notable Finnish architects include
Eliel Saarinen ,Erik Bryggman ,Reima Pietilä ,Eero Saarinen , andLars Sonck .In his review article of twentieth century Finnish architecture,
Le Monde critic, Frédéric Edelmann, published in autumn 2000, suggested that Finland has more great architects of the status of Alvar Aalto in relation to population than any other country in the world. [Frédéric Edelman, article in Le Monde, Paris, September 19, 2000.]There is a long tradition in Finnish architecture to take influences internationally. For example, The German architect
Carl Ludvig Engel , who moved toHelsinki fromSt Petersburg in1816 , was the mastermind behind all the monumental buildings in the heart of the capital. Similarly, the rise ofnational romanticism in architecture of the end of the 19th century, despite its name, was a direct adaptation of the EuropeanJugend orArt Nouveau style.Finnish architects have had a significant influence in American architecture. Often dubbed as the "Architect of the American Century [ [http://www.finland.org/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=66729&intIGID=25&intCatID=659&LAN=EN&contlan=&Thread=68421,68406,67967,66728,67587,67142,66729,66656,66263,65707,65666,65530,65407,65307,65262,63989,63863,63434,62868,61137,&intThreadPosition=6 Eero Saarinen: Architect of the American Century] ] ," Eero Saarinen (1910-61), although born in Finland, was raised and educated mostly in the United States, and created remarkable pieces of architecture throughout the United States, from the
TWA Flight Center at New York's Kennedy Airport to theGateway Arch over St. Louis.External links
* [http://www.mfa.fi/frontpage Museum of Finnish Architecture]
* [http://www.alvaraalto.fi/museum/museum.htm The Alvar Aalto Museum]
* [http://www.hut.fi/Yksikot/Osastot/A/engl/ Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Architecture]
* [http://www.safa.fi/ Finnish Association of Architects]References
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