Eva Kuhlefelt-Ekelund


General Information


Occupation: Architect

Date of Birth: May 09, 1892

Date of Death: July 08, 1984

Birth City: Loviisa, Finland

Resident Country: Finland

Archive/Repository: Suomen Rakennustaiteen Museo Helsinki, Finland

Sources: http://www.mfa.fi/architect?apid=3150


Specialties


Subject: Public buildings, villas, and gardens

Url: http://www.mfa.fi/architect?apid=3150


Jobs


Employer: Finland's Swedish-speaking housing association

Title: Architect

Country: delete


Employer: Stockholm and Helsinki architectural firms

Title: apprentice architect

Country: Finland


Employer: Kuhlefelt-Ekelund Architectural firm

Title: Architect

City: Helsinki

Country: Finland

Start Date: January 01, 1927

Notes: Partner with husband, Hilding Ekelund


Employer: Bostadsforeningen for Svenska Finland Housing Association

Title: Architect

City: Helsinki

Country: Finland

Start Date: January 01, 1936

End Date: January 01, 1966

Notes: Pioneeer work in designing houses for Swedish-speaking ares of Finland. C


Collaborators


Name: Elsi Borg

Project: Kitchen interiors

City: Helsinki

Country: Finland

Url: http://www.mfa.fi/architect?apid=3150

Notes: Collaborated as early as 1932


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


No awards on record


Exhibitions


No exhibitions on record


Notable Projects


Title: The Private Swedish Girls' School in Toolo

City: Helsinki

Country: Finland

Start Date: January 01, 1929

Notes: represented Nordic Classicism.


Title: War cemetery

City: Loviiisa

Country: Finland

Start Date: January 01, 1920

Notes: One of the finest monumental designs of the time in Finland


Education


Institution: Helsinki University of Technology

Department: Architecture

End Date: January 01, 1916


Institution: Stockholm studies

Start Date: January 01, 1919

End Date: January 01, 1921

Notes: Made study tours to the Nordic countries, Italy, and France


Licensing


No licenses on record


Professional Affiliations


No affiliations on record


Publications By


Title: Svenska Tradgardskonsten (Swedish Landscape Art)

Co-author: Elsi Borg

Publication: Book

Date Published: January 01, 1930

Url: http://www.mfa.fi/architect?apid=3150

Notes: Drawings of the manor-house gardens in Sweden


Publications About


Title: Profiles: Pioneering Women Architects from Finland

Author: Museum of Finnish Architecture

Publisher: Museum of Finnish Architecture

Notes: 1983