Hvitträsk


Hvitträsk was designed to be a studio home for the members of the Finnish architecture firm Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen. It later became the private residence of Eliel Saarinen. It is located about west of Helsinki in Kirkkonummi, Finland.
The development it began when the plot was purchased by the company in 1901. The construction was mostly completed by 1903. The house was named after Lake, by which it was built. vitträsk literally means White Lake. Today Hvitträsk is a museum open to the public. The red-roofed manor structure facing the lake is the main museum building, and the brownish structure separated on the other side by a yard is the cafeteria. There is also a smaller sauna down by the lake.
In 1922 Lindgren's home in the north side partially burned down. Eliel Saarinen's son Eero Saarinen designed a new building in its place in 1929–33.

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