Erik Bryggman
Erik William Bryggman (7 February 1891 Turku - 21 December 1955 Turku) was one of the earliest representatives of Functionalism in Finnish architecture. Bryggman graduated as an architect from Helsinki University of Technology in 1916 and worked in Helsinki with Sigurd Frosterus, Armas Lindgren and Valter Jung until he set up his own practice in Turku in 1923.
Bryggman's office was quite small, with 4-5 designers. Among others, Professor Pekka Pitkänen and architect Olli Kestilä worked there. Kestilä completed some of the work that Bryggman had started, but the design and execution of which was left unfinished after his death.
Bryggman's design is often described in two details: he tried to preserve as much old wood as possible on the building sites and he also advised builders to avoid the use of waterproofing to make the wall surface look alive.
Interior architect Carin Bryggman was the middle of three children of Erik Bryggman and his wife Agda née Grönberg (1892-1960). The others were Erik (1918-1918) and Johan (1925-1994). Carin Bryggman donated her father's drawing archive to the Finnish Museum of Architecture.
Bryggman's office was quite small, with 4-5 designers. Among others, Professor Pekka Pitkänen and architect Olli Kestilä worked there. Kestilä completed some of the work that Bryggman had started, but the design and execution of which was left unfinished after his death.
Bryggman's design is often described in two details: he tried to preserve as much old wood as possible on the building sites and he also advised builders to avoid the use of waterproofing to make the wall surface look alive.
Interior architect Carin Bryggman was the middle of three children of Erik Bryggman and his wife Agda née Grönberg (1892-1960). The others were Erik (1918-1918) and Johan (1925-1994). Carin Bryggman donated her father's drawing archive to the Finnish Museum of Architecture.
