Uno Ullberg
| Uno Ullberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1879 Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire |
| Died | 1944 Helsinki, Finland |
| Nationality | Finn |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings |
Viipuri Art Museum and Drawing School, 1931 |
| Projects | Viipuri Reconstruction, 1940 |
Viipuri Art Museum and Drawing School, 1931
Viipurin Panttilaitos Oy Building, 1931
Uno Ullberg (1879 in Vyborg – 1944 in Helsinki) was a famous Finnish architect, who worked most of his life in Vyborg. Vyborg belonged until 1917 to Russian Empire as the part of Grand Duchy of Finland, then it was part of Finland, and from 1944 part of first the Soviet Union and then Russia. The style of his architecture covers the transition in architecture from so-called Nordic Classicism of the 1920s to Functionalism during the 1930s. Ullberg is regarded as a leading architect of the Nordic Classicism period and was the first to introduce Functionalism to Vyborg. Though his most notable buildings were constructed in Vyborg, he became famous not only in his native town but nationwide.
Ullberg graduated from the architectural faculty in Helsinki Polytechnic Institute, now Aalto University. After returning in 1906 to the native town he joined Klaes Axel Gulden, who had studied with him in Helsinki, for the purpose of setting up their own architectural bureau.
They worked together until 1909, when Ullberg decided to quit and to start working under his own name. The most important work created in collaboration with Gulden was the headquarters of Hackman & Co (1909) at Piispankatu 14in in Vyborg. The building represents the compositional and formal variations of Jugenstil, Art Nouveau or National Romanticism. The main elevation pediments, openings, window frames, portals, and the granite facades are quite typical of National Romanticism, which at that time was also the prevailing architectural style in Finland for key public buildings, most notably in the works of architects Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen (e.g. Finnish Pavilion at Exposition Universelle (1900), Paris, and National Museum of Finland, Helsinki (1902–1904).) The interiors of the building were among the most stylish and rich in the city. The inside of the house survived harmful transformations during the Soviet period so the interior decorations were greatly damaged.
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