Bengt Lundsten
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== Life and career == |
== Life and career == |
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Bengt Lundsten was born in [[Turku]] on 26 February 1928. He started architecture studies after Second World War and architecture was clear personal choice.{{cite interview |last=Lundsten |first=Bengt |date=2018-02-26 |title=Puu-Käpylän pelastajiin kuulunut professori Bengt Lundsten toivoo pitkäjänteisyyttä rakentamiseen: ”Tuntuu kuin koko Etelä-Suomen olisi vallannut vauhtisokeus” |trans-title=Professor Bengt Lundsten, one of the saviors of Puu-Käpylä, hopes for a long-term approach to construction: "It feels as if the whole of Southern Finland has been overcome by speed blindness." |url=https://www.hs.fi/pkseutu/art-2000005579984.html |lang=fi |interviewer-last=Holmila |interviewer-first=Paula |location= |publisher=Helsingin Sanomat |access-date=2025-10-11}} He graduated in 1954 from [[Helsinki University of Technology]] in [[Helsinki]]. He was active at [[Viljo Revell]]'s architect bureau 1952–1959 and partner in his agency in [[Toronto]] 1959–1961. He started his own architectural practice in Helsinki 1962 and was professor in building theory at the Helsinki University of Technology for 1969–1994. He conducted research on, among other things [[ecological]] [[building materials]]. He is also known as one of saviors of [[Käpylä#Puu-Käpylä|Puu-Käpylä]] from massive over-construction in Helsinki. |
Bengt Lundsten was born in [[Turku]] on 26 February 1928. He started architecture studies after [[World War II|Second World War]] and architecture was clear personal choice.{{cite interview |last=Lundsten |first=Bengt |date=2018-02-26 |title=Puu-Käpylän pelastajiin kuulunut professori Bengt Lundsten toivoo pitkäjänteisyyttä rakentamiseen: ”Tuntuu kuin koko Etelä-Suomen olisi vallannut vauhtisokeus” |trans-title=Professor Bengt Lundsten, one of the saviors of Puu-Käpylä, hopes for a long-term approach to construction: "It feels as if the whole of Southern Finland has been overcome by speed blindness." |url=https://www.hs.fi/pkseutu/art-2000005579984.html |lang=fi |interviewer-last=Holmila |interviewer-first=Paula |location= |publisher=Helsingin Sanomat |access-date=2025-10-11}} He graduated in 1954 from [[Helsinki University of Technology]] in [[Helsinki]]. He was active at [[Viljo Revell]]'s architect bureau 1952–1959 and partner in his agency in [[Toronto]] 1959–1961. He started his own architectural practice in Helsinki 1962 and was professor in building theory at the [[Helsinki University of Technology]] for 1969–1994. He conducted research on, among other things [[ecological]] [[building materials]]. He is also known as one of saviors of [[Käpylä#Puu-Käpylä|Puu-Käpylä]] from massive over-construction in Helsinki. |
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== Selected works == |
== Selected works == |
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