In the history of building, Wäinö Gustaf Palmqvist is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Wäinö Gustaf Palmqvist as Finnish architect (1882-1964).
Wäinö Gustaf Palmqvist was born at Kalajoki in 1882. 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.
Among his best-known works are Kalajoki Church, Mänttä Church and Myllykoski Church. An architect is judged by how a building is used a century after the drawings.
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.
Wäinö Gustaf Palmqvist died in 1964, aged 82. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Kalajoki Church
- Notable work: Mänttä Church
- Notable work: Myllykoski Church
- Notable work: Jämsänkoski Church
- Trained at Helsinki University of Technology
