Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen

Finnish architectural firm, 1896 - 1905

Herman Gesellius
Armas Lindgren
Eliel Saarinen

Founded1896Dissolved1905Significant works and honorsBuildingsFinnish pavilion at the 1900 Paris World Expo

Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen was a Finnish architecture firm, founded in Helsinki in 1896 by architects Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren and Eliel Saarinen.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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 style. In 1901–1904 the three architects designed and built an extensive studio home for themselves and their families called Hvitträsk, in the rural community of Kirkkonummi by the Vitträsk [fi] lake.^[4] In 1905 the company ceased operations and the National Museum of Finland was their last work. Its construction was monitored by Lindgren alone.^[5]

Major works

Finnish Pavilion at the Paris 1900 Exposition

Design of the pavilion, 1898
Construction workers
The pavilion at the exposition, 1900
Drawing featured in the Le Petit Journal
Drawing of the pavilion
Entrance
Finnish personnel on the roof, with bears by Emil Wikström
Interior with construction workers
Paintings on the walls

Other works

Pohjola Insurance building, 1900–1901
Fabianinkatu 17 (Agronomitalo), 1900–1901
Olofsborg (apartment building) [fi] (Swedish for Olavinlinna, which the top resembles) at Katajanokankatu 1 / Kauppiaankatu 7, 1902
Hvittorp [fi] by Lake Vitträsk, 1901–1904
Hvitträsk: their own shared studio manor also by Lake Vitträsk, 1901–1903
National Museum of Finland in Helsinki, 1905–1910

References

^ Nikula, Riitta (11 October 2005). "Lindgren, Armas (1874 - 1929)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ Wäre, Ritva (14 August 2015). "Saarinen, Eliel (1873 - 1950)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
^ Wäre, Ritva (20 October 2002). "Gesellius, Herman (1874 - 1916)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ "Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen: Kansallismuseo". University of Jyväskylä. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
^ Korvenmaa, Pekka. "Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen". Oxford Art Online. Retrieved 27 June 2020.