Timo Jussi Penttilä
*16. 3. 1931 – Tampere, Finland
†25. 2. 2011 – Helsinki, Finland
Biography
Timo Jussi Penttilä was a Finnish modernist architect. In 1950, he graduated from high school in Tampere and then studied architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology, graduating in 1956. Before opening his own practice, he worked in the studio of Aarne Ervi. Together with Kari Virta, he designed an educational center in Tampere (1958-60). At the age of thirty, he won the competition for the city theater in Helsinki (1961-67), which is simultaneously considered his most significant realization. From 1976 to 1980, he was the director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture. From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, he contributed to the Finnish architectural magazine Arkkitehti. In 1980, an exhibition of his works was held at RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) in London. He was a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley from 1968 to 1969. From 1980 to 1996, he was a professor of architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he replaced Roland Rainer. After retiring, he lived in Italy and Lapland.
Timo Jussi Penttilä was a Finnish modernist architect. In 1950, he graduated from high school in Tampere and then studied architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology, graduating in 1956. Before opening his own practice, he worked in the studio of Aarne Ervi. Together with Kari Virta, he designed an educational center in Tampere (1958-60). At the age of thirty, he won the competition for the city theater in Helsinki (1961-67), which is simultaneously considered his most significant realization. From 1976 to 1980, he was the director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture. From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, he contributed to the Finnish architectural magazine Arkkitehti. In 1980, an exhibition of his works was held at RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) in London. He was a visiting lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley from 1968 to 1969. From 1980 to 1996, he was a professor of architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, where he replaced Roland Rainer. After retiring, he lived in Italy and Lapland.
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