Bruno Granholm

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Bruno Granholm

Ferdinand Bruno Granholm (born May 14, 1857 in Myrskylä ; † September 29, 1930 ) was a Finnish architect who worked in the Railway Office from 1892 until his retirement in 1926 and was most recently its director. Many of Granholm's wooden station buildings built in the early 1900s are still in use today and are in good condition.

Life

He was born as the son of Laura (née Tallgren (1815 - 1889)) and Dean Tallgren Johan Granholm (1806 - 1880) and attended school in Myrskylä, then high school in Porvoo, 30 km away . From 1872 to 1882 he studied at the Polytechnic Institute in Helsinki , the 1879 Polytechnic Institute of Helsinki said. During his studies he did internships , including with the renowned architect Theodor Höijer (1843–1910), and later with Theodor Decker and Frans Anatolius Sjöström . In addition, he took a railway technology course, an indication of his interests in this direction. He worked in an architecture office until 1892 and was then employed as a draftsman by the Finnish State Railways . Within a year he was promoted to "chief architect" and in 1895 he was head of the building department. In addition to his work for the railway, Granholm also designed several other buildings such as villas and apartment buildings .

Shuvalovo (Шувалово) station building from 1918, 12 kilometers north of the Finnish station on the "October Railway"

Granholm's style is strongly influenced by the romantic epoch, as it corresponded to contemporary tastes. The buildings are considered to be particularly valuable and detailed with carvings and other decorative elements that clearly distinguish them from other, similar buildings.

Granholm was born with Maria Charlotta Granholm. Fagerlund married, who gave birth to the daughter Freydis Maria (1885–1969).

Web links

Commons : Bruno Granholm  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
  • Lena Nyström: 5.2 Architect Bruno Ferdinand Granholm. 2000, archived from the original on July 26, 2009 ; Retrieved on August 30, 2018 (Swedish, Lena Nyström´s avhandling i arkitektur vid Åbo Akademi, Personuppgifter om arkitekt Bruno F. Granholm has inhämtats från Arkitekturmuseets arkiv i Helsingfors).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Lena Nyström: 5.2 Architect Bruno Ferdinand Granholm. 2000, archived from the original on July 26, 2009 ; Retrieved on August 30, 2018 (Swedish, Lena Nyström´s avhandling i arkitektur vid Åbo Akademi, Personuppgifter om arkitekt Bruno F. Granholm has inhämtats från Arkitekturmuseets arkiv i Helsingfors).
  2. ^ German Architecture Forum
personal data
SURNAME Granholm, Bruno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Granholm, Ferdinand Bruno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish architect and railway engineer
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH Myrskylä , Finland
DATE OF DEATH September 29, 1930
Place of death Helsinki