Kaarlo Könönen

{{short description|Finnish architect}}

{{Infobox architect

| name = Kaarlo Könönen

| image = Kaarlo Kononen.jpg

| caption = Kaarlo Könönen at his desk. Date unknown.

| nationality = Finnish

| birth_name = Kaarlo Könönen

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1892|12|12}}

| birth_place = Hamina, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1965|8|2|1892|12|12}}

| death_place = Lahti, Finland

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| significant_buildings = Kotkansaari hospital, Vuorelankulma, Lahti bus station, Heinola water tower

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Kaarlo Könönen (December 12, 1892 Hamina{{spnd}}August 2, 1965 Lahti) was a Finnish architect. He graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology in 1919.{{cite web |title=Könönen, Kaarlo (1892-1965) |url=http://www.lahdenmuseot.fi/kuka-mita-lahti/henkilot/kononen-kaarlo/ |website=Kuka, mitä, Lahti |accessdate=18 July 2020 |archive-date=17 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217055346/http://www.lahdenmuseot.fi/kuka-mita-lahti/henkilot/kononen-kaarlo/ |url-status=dead }} From 1922 to 1923, Könönen worked as a city architect in Kotka. To Kotkansaari he designed several apartment buildings representing 1920s classicism. The most famous one being Vuorelankulma, completed in 1927. He also worked as an architect for the Finland's Ministry of Defense in 1924. From 1925 to 1929, Könönen worked in private architectural firms, one of those was Eliel Saarinen's office in Hvitträsk.

Könönen worked as a city architect in Lahti from 1929 to 1955. During that time his style changed closer to functionalism. His well-known works include Lahti bus station (1939),{{cite web |title=Old Bus Station |url=https://book.visitlahti.fi/en/to-do/1143497/old-bus-station/showdetails?filter=c%3D33381 |website=Visit Lahti |publisher=Lahti Region |accessdate=18 July 2020}} the extension of Lahti Town Hall (1934),{{cite web |title=Lahti Town Hall |url=https://navi.finnisharchitecture.fi/lahti-town-hall/ |website=navi.finnisharchitecture.fi/ |publisher=Archinfo Finland |accessdate=18 July 2020}} the residential areas of Vesterås and Tapanila and the Heinola Water Tower (1951).

File:Kotkansaaren sairaala 1.jpg

File:Lahti - Coach station.jpg