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Katri (Kaija) Anna-Maija Helena Siren (née Tuominen; October 23, 1920 in Kotka – January 15, 2001) was a Finnish architect. She graduated as an architect from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1948. Siren designed most of her works together with her spouse to another Finnish architect, Heikki Siren.
She and her husband Heikki Siren set up their own architectural office in 1949. The Sirens worked together as architects their entire life. The Otaniemi Chapel is noted for its delicate balance between features of Finnish rural architecture and a modernism, influenced by Alvar Aalto's redbrick period of the 1950s. Their later work is noted for its monumentality.[1]
She is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[2]
Major works
- 1954 Finnish National Theatre Small Stage, Helsinki, Finland
- 1956 Otaniemi Chapel, Espoo, Finland
- 1961 Orivesi Church, Orivesi, Finland
- 1965 Kallio Municipal Offices, Helsinki, Finland
- 1968 Ympyrätalo, Helsinki, Finland
- 1970 Lauttasaari School, Helsinki, Finland
- 1973 Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria
- 1982 Graniittitalo, Helsinki, Finland
- 1983 The Conference Palace in Baghdad, Iraq
Gallery of selected major works
National Theatre extension, Helsinki (1954)
Otaniemi Chapel exterior, Espoo (1956)
Otaniemi Chapel interior, Espoo (1954–57)
Orivesi Church, Orivesi (1961)
Kallio Municipal Offices, Helsinki (1965)
Ympyrätalo, Helsinki (1968)
Lauttasaari School, Helsinki (1970)
Graniittitalo, Helsinki (1982)
Conference Palace, Baghdad (1983)
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References
- Bruun, Erik & Popovits, Sara (eds.): Kaija + Heikki Siren: Architects – Architekten – Architectes. Otava: Helsinki, 1977. ISBN 951-1-04156-8
Notes
- ^ "Heikki Siren – Muistokirjoitus". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 July 2014.
- ^ "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
External links
Media related to Kaija Sirén at Wikimedia Commons- Everything and Nothing: Architects Kaija + Heikki Siren. Espoo City Museum.
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