Elsa Arokallio
Illustration — Elsa Arokallio Elsa Arokallio (18 August 1892, Kurkijoki – 3 October 1982, Helsinki) was a Finnish architect. She was born in 1892 to Gustaf Arokallio and Elisabeth Parviainen. She graduated in 1910 and obtained her degree in architecture in 1919 from Helsinki University of Technology.
Elsa Arokallio
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- 1892 · Kurkijoki.
- Died
- 1982 · Helsinki.
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- Finland
- Occupation
- architect
- Education
- Helsinki University of Technology
- Honours
- Medal of Liberty and 2nd Class
- Languages
- Finnish
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Illustration — Elsa Arokallio Elsa Arokallio (18 August 1892, Kurkijoki – 3 October 1982, Helsinki) was a Finnish architect. She was born in 1892 to Gustaf Arokallio and Elisabeth Parviainen. She graduated in 1910 and obtained her degree in architecture in 1919 from Helsinki University of Technology.
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Born at Kurkijoki in 1892, died in Helsinki in 1982.
Elsa Arokallio studied at Helsinki University of Technology. The recorded working language is Finnish. Distinctions recorded are Medal of Liberty, 2nd Class.
Photograph of the Finnish architect Elsa Arokallio (1892–1982).
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- 1.Elsa Arokallio, finnisharchitecture.fi, Datensammlung finnischer Architektur, Archinfo Finnland, zuletzt abgerufen am 6. Januar 2022.
- 2.ELSA AROKALLIO 1892-1982 UN DIA | UNA ARQUITECTA 2, 15. September 2016, zuletzt abgerufen am 6. Januar 2022.
- 3.Änne Mäkinen. ”White” Military Architecture in Finland, 1926–1939 (Vammala, 2000, S. 247). elektra.helsinki.fi.
- 4.De Ana Fernandez Garcia, Helena Seražin, Emilia Maria Garda, Caterina Franchini: MoMoWo – 100 projects in 100 years. European Women in Architecture and Design 1918 – 2018, Ljubljana and Turin, 2016, S. 82, 83.
- 5.Eva Kuhlefelt-Ekelund, Museum of Finnish Architecture online, zuletzt abgerufen am 2. Januar 2022.
- 6.J. S. Sirén, finnisches Architekturmuseum online, zuletzt abgerufen am 6. Januar 2022.
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