Kaija and Heikki Sirén

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Brucknerhaus , Donaulände (Linz)

Kaija and Heikki Sirén were a Finnish couple of architects, consisting of Kaija Sirén (* October 23, 1920 , † January 15, 2001 ) and Heikki Sirén (* October 5, 1918 , † February 25, 2013 ).

Live and act

After studying architecture, Heikki Sirén worked for his father Johan Sigfrid Sirén . In 1944 he married Katri (Kaija) Tuominen, and in 1948 they both founded a joint architecture office. Their designs were initially determined by Alvar Aalto and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe . They combined Finnish building tradition, preferably made of wood, with simple and elegant construction; also called Scandinavian rationalism.

Awards

Realizations

  • 1950–1973: Studentendorf, Otaniemi , Helsinki University of Technology
  • 1954–1957: Student Chapel, Otaniemi, Helsinki University of Technology
  • 1954: Kontiontie terraced houses, Tapiola
  • 1954: Lahti concert building
  • 1958–1961: Kaarikirkko vaulted church, Orivesi
  • 1960–1968: Ymprätalo office building, Helsinki
  • 1960: Sauna Maria, archipelago near Iniö
  • 1962: Finnish National Theater , 1902 according to plans by Onni Tarjanne , renovation
  • 1969–1974: Design 1962: Brucknerhaus , Konzerthaus, Linz
  • 1965: Registration office building, Kallio , Helsinki
  • 1966–1969: Lingonsö holiday island, archipelago near Barüsund
  • 1969: Pavilion, freely open in the garden, Villa Siren, Lingonsö
  • 1970–1971: Finnish Workers' Savings Bank, Bankhaus, Kotha
  • 1972–1974: Utsjoki Restaurant, Kurhizawa, Japan
  • 1974: Administration building, Rank Xerox

Publications

  • Kaija and Heikki Sirén: Kaija + Heikki Sirén: architects - architects - architectes. Introduction: Jürgen Joedicke, graphics: Erik Bruun, compilation: Sara Popovits (daughter of Kaija and Heikki Sirén). Krämer, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 951-1-04156-8 .

literature

  • Malcolm Quantrill: Finish Architecture and the Modernist Tradition. Spon, London 1995, ISBN 0-419-19520-3 .
  • Adolph Stiller: Finland: Architecture in the 20th Century. Exhibition Architecture in the Ringturm 2000–2001. Pustet, Salzburg 2000, ISBN 3-7025-0424-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heikki Sirén. In: arch INFORM ; Retrieved March 6, 2009.
  2. ↑ Horst Schwebel: Evangelical Church Building : The Chapel of Otaniemi by Kaija and Heikki Siren (1957) was the first church building with a glass altar wall ... (accessed on March 6, 2009)
  3. ↑ SuomiOpas ( Memento of the original from April 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Orivesi: Kaarikirkko vaulted church, built in 1961, designed by Kaija and Heikki Sirén, (accessed March 6, 2009)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.suomiopas.fi
  4. ↑ Finland Lexicon National Theater Helsinki (accessed March 6, 2009)

Web links

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