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Elli Ruuth

Elli Ruuth
Born1893
Died
1975
NationalityFinnish
OccupationArchitect
BuildingsFinnish embassy in Moscow

Elli Ruuth (1893 – 1975) was a Finnish furniture architect. She was active in 1924 – 1952.[1][2]

Works

Ruuth designed furniture for various state and municipal buildings.[2][3] According to Architecta, the Finnish association of women architects, her "most brilliant" works were the interiors of the Finnish embassy in Moscow and Villa Baumgartner [fi] in Helsinki.[2]

Finnish Association of Women Architects

In 1919, Elli Ruuth together with Elsa Arokallio, Elsi Borg, Salme Setälä, Eva Kuhlefeld and Aili-Salli Ahde-Kjäldman, was part of the founding group of the Tumstocken association and then the Finnish Association of Women Architects.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Historia". Architecta (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  2. ^ a b c Saarikangas, Kirsi (1993). Model houses for model families : gender, ideology and the modern dwelling: the type-planned houses of the 1940s in Finland (PDF) (PhD thesis). Studia Historica. Vol. 45. Translated by Landon, Philip; Snellman, Tomi. Suomen Historiallinen Seura. ISBN 951-8915-65-2. ISSN 0081-6493.
  3. ^ "Viipurin käskynhaltijan palatsista Heinolan kautta Kuopioon". Juristiuutiset. 2014-01-07. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  4. ^ "J. S. Sirén". Arkkitehtuurimuseo (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-09-03.