Otto-Iivari Meurman

Who was Otto-Iivari Meurman?

Otto-Iivari Meurman was a Finnish architect. He did city plans for Kauniainen and Tapiola.

Garden city Tapiola was based on town planning of Meurman.

He wrote: Rock can be broken in short time, but you can not get it back artificially. Nature must be respected, and should be touched cautiously. By this way nature and humans can create brilliant work, that prove good national sense and civilized nature.

Meurman's concept of the nuclear family and its necessary place in society was prevalent in his career.