Uno Ullberg Architect

Uno Ullberg (1879 in Viipuri – 1944 in Helsinki) was a famous Finnish architect, who worked most of his life in the eastern Finnish city of Viipuri (or Vyborg), after 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 Viipuri. Though authors most notable buildings were constructed in Viipuri, he became famous not only in his native town but nation-wide.

Personal facts

Uno Ullberg
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1879
Birth place
Finland , Vyborg
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1944
Place of death
Finland , Helsinki

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External resources

  1. http://r-9.livejournal.com/13583.html
  2. http://www.greatgridlock.net/Viipuri/archi.html
  3. http://www.lombard1931.ru