List of Finnish architects
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The following is a list of well-known architects from Finland
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Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
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- Alvar AaltoAlvar AaltoHugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...
- Erik BryggmanErik BryggmanErik Bryggman was a Finnish architect. He studied architecture at Helsinki University of Technology, completing his studies in 1916. In 1920 he travelled to Italy, where he became inspired more by the local vernacular architecture than the classical or Baroque works...
- Marco CasagrandeMarco CasagrandeMarco Casagrande, , is a Finnish architect, environmental artist, architectural theorist, writer and professor of architecture. He graduated from Helsinki University of Technology department of architecture .- Early life :...
- Aarne ErviAarne ErviAarne Adrian Ervi was one of the most important architects of Finland's post-World War II reconstruction period....
- Kristian GullichsenKristian GullichsenKristian Gullichsen is a Finnish architect. The son of Harry and Maire Gullichsen he was born into a family of industrialists, designers and artists....
- Mikko HeikkinenMikko HeikkinenMikko Heikkinen is a Finnish architect.Together with Markku Komonen he founded Heikkinen - Komonen Architects in 1974. Since 2010 he has been a professor of architecture at Aalto University in Helsinki.- External links :...
- Vilhelm HelanderVilhelm HelanderArne Anders Vilhem Helander , is a Finnish architect and was Professor of Architecture History at Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland from 1986 until 2005, when he became Professor Emeritus....
- Markku KomonenMarkku KomonenMarkku Komonen is a Finnish architect.Together with Mikko Heikkinen he founded Heikkinen - Komonen Architects in 1974.- External links :*...
- Juha LeiviskäJuha LeiviskäJuha Ilmari Leiviskä is a prominent architect from Finland.- Life and career :The son of engineer Toivo Ilmari Leiviskä and teacher Sonja Jämsén-Astala, Leiviskä studied architecture at Helsinki University of Technology, qualifying as an architect in 1963...
- Rainer MahlamäkiRainer MahlamäkiProfessor Rainer Mahlamäki is a Finnish architect, President of the Finnish Association of Architects and Principal, Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Helsinki, Finland....
- Simo PaavilainenSimo PaavilainenSimo Paavilainen is a Finnish architect, and former Dean and Professor of Architecture at Helsinki University of Technology Department of Architecture....
- Juhani PallasmaaJuhani PallasmaaJuhani Uolevi Pallasmaa is a Finnish architect and former professor of architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology and a former Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture . He runs his own architect's office – Arkkitehtitoimisto Juhani Pallasmaa KY – in Helsinki...
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- Viljo RevellViljo RevellViljo Revell was a Finnish architect of the functionalist school. Internationally Revell is best known for designing the Toronto City Hall....
- Aarno RuusuvuoriAarno RuusuvuoriAarno Emil Ruusuvuori was a Finnish architect, professor and director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture...
- Eero SaarinenEero SaarinenEero Saarinen was a Finnish American architect and industrial designer of the 20th century famous for varying his style according to the demands of the project: simple, sweeping, arching structural curves or machine-like rationalism.-Biography:Eero Saarinen shared the same birthday as his father,...
- Eliel SaarinenEliel SaarinenGottlieb Eliel Saarinen was a Finnish architect who became famous for his art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century....
- Jaakko TähtinenJaakko TähtinenJaakko Tähtinen was a Finnish architect based in Tampere, a large city in southern Finland. He established the Tähtinen architectural practice and designed both residential and commercial buildings in Tampere and also in other cities including Kuopio.His most notable work was the Hakametsä ice...
- Einari TeräsvirtaEinari TeräsvirtaEinari Teräsvirta was a Finnish gymnast, Olympic Champion and well-known architect -Olympics:...
- Martti VälikangasMartti VälikangasMartti Välikangas was a Finnish architect renowned for the design of so-called "Puu-Käpylä" [Wood-Käpylä], the Garden City housing area in Käpylä near Helsinki, designed in the Nordic Classicism style.Välikangas studied architecture at Helsinki University of Technology, qualifying as an architect...
- Waldemar WileniusWaldemar WileniusWaldemar Wilenius was a renowned Finnish architect at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century designing buildings in first a Neo-Renaissance style before moving to an Art Nouveau style...