Herman Ernst Henrik Gesellius (16 January 1874 – 24 March 1916) was a Finnish architect.

Biography

Gesellius graduated from the Polytechnical Institute in 1897. In 1896 he founded the architecture firm Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen with Armas Lindgren and

Eliel Saarinen Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen (, ; August 20, 1873 – July 1, 1950) was a Finnish and American Architecture, architect known for his work with Art Nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. He was also the father of famed architect Ee ...

. The most famous work projected under his own name is the ''Wuorio House'' ("Wuorion talo") at Unioninkatu 30,

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. Gesellius designed it from 1908 to 1909, and Lindgren completed it from 1913 to 1914. It also features sculptures by . Gesellius withdrew from architectural work in 1912 because of a serious illness. He died in 1916 from a tuberculotic disease.

Works with Lindgren and Saarinen

* Thalberg House in

(1897–1898) * Finnish Pavilion at Exposition Universelle in 1900, Paris * Pohjola Insurance building in Helsinki (1900–1901) * House of Physicians, now Agronomitalo, in Helsinki (1900–1901) * Hvitträsk, home-atelier of architects in

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(1901–1904) * National Museum of Finland in Helsinki (1905–1910) * Club house for the Luther factory in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

(1904–1905) * Vyborg railway station (1904–1913), with Saarinen

Gallery

File:Daniel Nyblin - Architects Lindgren, Saarinen, Östman and Gesellius.jpg, Armas Lindgren,

and Herman Gesellius in the late 1890s (with Albertina Östman) File:Unioninkatu 30 Helsinki.jpg, Wuorio House at Unioninkatu 30

References

1874 births 1916 deaths Architects from Helsinki People from Uusimaa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) 19th-century Finnish architects 20th-century Finnish architects 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in the Russian Empire Tuberculosis deaths in Finland {{commonscat