Hvitträsk

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Hvitträsk was designed to be a studio home for the members of Gesellius, Lindgren, and Saarinen. It later became the private residence of Eliel Saarinen. It is located about 18 miles from Helsinki in Kirkkonummi, Finland. The design was developed and construction began during the year of 1902. The house was named after Lake Hvitträsk, on which it was built. The word Hvitträsk means White Marsh.

[edit] Publications

• Moderne Bauformen 6, no. 4 (1907): 159-62;8, no. 8 (1909): 350, 353.
• Hemma och Ute 3, (August 1913): 210-14; 3 (September 1913): 234-5.
• American Architect and Architectural Review 124 (September 26, 1923): 19 pls.
• Arkkitehti nos. 11-12 (1943): 24.
• Architectural Review 139 (February 1966): 152-54.
• Space Design no. 133 (September 1975): 91-94
• Connaissance des Arts no. 238 (December 1971): 108-13, 192.
• New York Times 13 February 1966, VI, p.64.

Coordinates: 60°10′53″N, 24°31′12″E