Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen

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Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen
Practice information
Key architects
Founded1896
Dissolved1905
Significant works and honors
BuildingsFinnish pavilion at the 1900 Paris World Expo
Armas Lindgren, Eliel Saarinen and Herman Gesellius in the late 1890s (with Albertina Ostman) Daniel Nyblin - Architects Lindgren, Saarinen, Ostman and Gesellius.jpg
Armas Lindgren, Eliel Saarinen and Herman Gesellius in the late 1890s (with Albertina Östman)

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]

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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

Other works

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References

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