Carl Ludvig Engel
Carl Ludvig Engel, or Johann Carl Ludwig Engel (3 July 1778 – 14 May 1840),
Biography
Carl Ludvig Engel was born in 1778 in
Engel started working in Tallinn in 1809, but just after a few years he was forced to move on again because of a lack of assignments. From this period in Estonia, a palace on Kohtu street 8 in Tallinn survives (today housing the Estonian Chancellor of Justice) and, possibly, Kernu manor.
From 1814 to 1815, he worked for a businessman in
In 1816 Engel was planning on returning to his city of birth, but at the same time Ehrenström got approval for his plan to get Engel to Helsinki. Engel's plans for Helsinki had been shown to Czar Alexander I and in February Engel was appointed architect of the reconstruction committee for Helsinki. Engel probably thought[citation needed] that this would once again be a temporary job, but instead Helsinki came to be his life's work.
In 1819–1820, when Engel's first creations were nearing completion, his status as a kind of head architect of the Grand Duchy was established when he received more and more building assignments, both private and public, in other parts of Finland. The final confirmation came when he in 1824 was appointed head of the statewide Intendant's Office, responsible for all key state buildings throughout the country,[3] a position he was offered - but first refused because he still had hopes of returning to Prussia - following the resignation of its first head, the Italian-born architect Carlo Bassi, and which he retained until his death. Among his other key works from this period are Helsinki Old Church in Kamppi completed in 1826. He designed the first theater of Helsinki, Engels Teater, in 1827, though this was a rather modest building. He was also responsible[citation needed] for the new city plan for Turku after most of it was wiped out by the Great Fire of Turku in 1827.
Engel died on 14 May 1840 in Helsinki.
Gallery
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The main building of the University of Helsinki
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TheSenate Square and Lutheran Cathedral in Helsinki
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Helsinki City Hall (1833), originally a hotel
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St. John's Church in Hamina
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Kulosaari Manor (c. 1810)
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Kuopio Lyceum High School in Kuopio (1826)
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Palace on Kohtu street 8, Tallinn
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Lapua Cathedral (1827)
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Sahalahti church (1829)
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Lieksa bell tower (1836)
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Alajärvi church(c. 1836)
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Nokia Church (1837)
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Kaivohuone (1838)
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Pori Old Town Hall (1841)
See also
References
- Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. urn:NBN:fi:sls-4681-1416928957287.
- ^ "Carl Ludvig Engel - Great Buildings Online".
- ^ "C. L. Engel's collection of letters and drawings - Memory of the World".
External links
- "Carl Ludvig Engel". Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. urn:NBN:fi:sls-4681-1416928957287.