The author will have some copies with him.Įrik Bryggman (1891–1955) was one of the most significant Finnish architects of his time. The lecture is based on the book “Architect Erik Bryggman: works”, Rakennustieto 2016, available in English, Finnish and Swedish. The english-language lecture will take place in the EKA Institute of Art History and Visual Culture, Suur-Kloostri 11, Tallinn Lecture on Erik Bryggman in Tallinn, 20th Nov 6PM.Architect Erik Bryggman” is opened until the 23rd February 2019. Arkkitehtuuria 1940- ja 1950-luvuilta” (“Building the Everyday in Turku. Laaksonen’s other books include “Turun raitiotiet” (“Turku’s Tramways”, 2008), “Turun seudun arkkitehtuuriopas” (“Architecture Guide to the Turku Area”, 2013, with Juri Nummelin), “Turun seutu kartoin” (“Turku Area on Maps”, 2015), “Turun puutalot” (“Wooden Houses of Turku”, 2016), ja “Arjen rakentamista Turussa. 1975) is an architectural historian based in Turku who recently published the monograph “Architect Erik Bryggman: Works” (Rakennustieto, 2016). His final design works include the Lappeenranta, Lohja and Honkanummi Funerary Chapels and the restoration of Turku Castle (1939–1961). During the post-war reconstruction era Bryggman designed a number of schools, hospitals and residential buildings. The Resurrection Chapel (1938–1941) in Turku established Modernism in the design of Finnish churches. The Vierumäki Sports Institute (1931–1936), the Åbo Akademi University Book Tower (1934–1935) and Sampo House (1936–1938) are key Functionalist buildings in Finland.
The Turku Fair (1929), designed jointly by Aalto and Bryggman, was a manifesto of Functionalism. In 1927–1929 Bryggman, together with architects Alvar Aalto and Hilding Ekelund, introduced Functionalism to Finland. At the beginning of his career he designed a number of residential buildings in Turku in the Nordic Classicism style, which are considered some of the finest examples of this style in Finland. In the lecture “Erik Bryggman: Classicism, Functionalism and New Empiricism” the curator will concentrate on the life and work of Erik Bryggman (1891–1955) as one of the most important Finnish architects of the 20th century, also bringing out concurrent parallels with Estonian architecture. Architect Erik Bryggman”, the curator Mikko Laaksonen will give a lecture in the Rotermann Salt Storage on Wednesday, February 6 at 6 p.m. In connection to the exhibition “Crisply Nordic.
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