Erkki Huttunen practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Erkki Huttunen as Finnish architect.
Erkki Huttunen was born at Alavus in 1901. His recorded nationality is Finland. He trained at Helsinki University of Technology.
Modernism rejected ornament and historical style, arguing that a building should express its structure and its function - a claim contested ever since.
He is recorded as architect.
Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
Recognition followed: Commander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland.
That the work was built in Finland shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Erkki Huttunen died in 1956, aged 55. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Commander First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- Trained at Helsinki University of Technology
