Finnish artist Introduction

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Chapters: Helena Hietanen, Hilding Ekelund, Sami Rintala, Magnus Enckell, Vilhelm Helander, Tuulikki Pietilä, Josef Stenbäck, Aarno Ruusuvuori, Tapani Aartomaa, Gunnar Taucher, Rainer Mahlamäki, Ville Mönkkönen, Jann Wilde, Viktor Jansson, Viljo Revell, Ismo Hölttö, Janne Halmkrona, Teemu Mäki, Henry Wuorila-Stenberg, Kari Asikainen, Gustaf von Numers, Yrjö Lindegren, Tapio Wirkkala, Mika Launis, Stefan Lindfors, Nándor Mikola, Johan Albrecht Ehrenström, Pekka Halonen, Antero Olin, Waldemar Wilenius, Eric Adlercreutz, Ilmari Tapiovaara, Ilmari Niemeläinen, Margareta Capsia, Magnus von Wright, Kain Tapper, Simo Aalto, Kaj Franck, Heikki Häiväoja, Reidar Särestöniemi, Hilda Hongell, Helena Arnell, Lars Sonck, Amélie Helga Lundahl, Adolf von Becker, Maija Isola, Elisabeth Järnefelt, Kari Jormakka, J. S. Sirén, Harri Koskinen, Kuutti Lavonen, Mauri Favén, Tuija Lindström, Kaj Stenvall, Wallu, Karl Emanuel Jansson, Helvi Mustonen, Toivo Jaatinen, Arto Sipinen, Sigurd Wettenhovi-Aspa, Thure Hellström, Per Olov Jansson, Harri Nuutinen, Christel Minotti, Elissa Aalto, Kaija Siren, Alvar Cawén, Ville Hara, Johan Alm, Jorma Gallen-Kallela, Vuokko Nurmesniemi, Sinikka Kurkinen, Immanuel Alm, Miina Äkkijyrkkä, Eila Hiltunen, Frans Anatolius Sjöström, Anita Snellman, Veikko Larkas, Rudolf Koivu, Antti Louhisto, Birger Carlstedt, Mikko Heikkinen, Markku Komonen, Otto-Iivari Meurman. Excerpt: Georg Hilding Ekelund (18.11.1893 Kangasniemi - 30.1. 1984 Helsinki) was a Finnish architect, from 1950 to 1958 a professor of housing design at Helsinki University of Technology and from 1931 to 1934 editor-in-chief of the Finnish architects' journal Arkkitheti (Finnish Architectural Review). His career as an architect spans the change in styles in Finland from the Nordic Classicism of the 1920s to the Modernism of the 1970s. Ekeleund studied architecture at Helsinki University of Technology, qualifying as an architect in 1916. His wide career in architecture spanned from the design of public housing areas and town planning to public buildings, factories and churches. Following a classical education in architecture, where the predominant style was Nordic Classicism, Ekelund like others Finnish architects of his generation, such as Alvar Aalto, made the switch to Modernism - known in Finland as "Functionalism" - partly in response to the greater urbanisation of the country during the 1920s and 1930s. Ekelund designed a significant number of buildings in the town of Karis, already during the 1930s. The town plan for the town, drawn up in the 1930s by architect Carolus Lindberg was soon regarded as over-dimensioned, and Ekelund was given the task of redesigning it. His "modern" design was influenced by ideas from the Garden city movement, as interpreted in Finland by Otto-Iivari Meurman and its modern interpretation by Le Corbusier, with a particular emphasis on open spaces and parks. In the town Ekelund designed a dispensing chemist, the town hall, cemetery chapel, water tower, trade college and several schools and old-people's homes. Architectural competitions have been a common method in Finland for choosing designs for key public buildings, and Ekelund entered several of them over the length of his career. For instamce, he won the competition for the choice of the site of the Finnish Parliamnt building - though the final site was later changed and the final archit