Lars Sonck | |
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| Born | Lars Eliel Sonck 10 August 1870 Kälviä, Finland |
| Died | 14 March 1956 (aged 85) Helsinki, Finland |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | Tampere Cathedral, Tampere Eira Hospital, Helsinki Kallio Church, Helsinki Stock Exchange, Helsinki |
| Projects | "Sonck quartier", Töölö, Helsinki |
Lars Eliel Sonck (10 August 1870 – 14 March 1956) was a Finnish architect. He graduated from Helsinki Polytechnic Institute in 1894 and immediately won a major design competition for a church in Turku, St Michael's Church, ahead of many established architects. The church was designed in the prevailing neo-Gothic style. However, Sonck's style would soon go through a dramatic change, in the direction of Art Nouveau and National Romanticism that was moving through Europe at the end of the 19th century. During the 1920s, Sonck would also design a number of buildings in the emerging Nordic Classicism style.