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Lakeside Periscope Tower / SD Review 2015

OOPEAA’s Periscope Tower is one of the winners of the Japanese award SD Review 2015. The Periscope Tower project will be exhibited together with the other winners in Tokyo and Kyoto. The design for a new viewing tower, the Periscope […]

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Puukuokka for Finlandia Prize

OOPEAA is glad to announce that Puukuokka Housing Block is shortlisted for the Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2015. The Finlandia Prize for Architecture was established in 2011 by SAFA, the Finnish Association of Architects. The Finlandia Prize for Architecture is […]

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Do! Alvar Aalto Symposium 2015

You´re all welcome to take part in the next Alvar Aalto Symposium 2015, which will take place in Jyväskylä, 7.-9. August, 2015. – Alvar Aalto Symposium is an international forum for discussion on contemporary architecture. It is a triennial event […]

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Re-Creation in Helsinki

RE-CREATION. THE RESILIENCE OF ARCHITECTURE June 11 – September 13, 2015 This summer Helsinki’s Esplanade Park will play host to Re-Creation. The Resilience of Architecture, an installation by Anssi Lassila and his OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture which debuted at the […]

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Forum Perspective 2015 / Milan

Milan, Italy is the location of Forum Perspective 2015 by The Plan on May 18-20, and OOPEAA is part of it. Started in 2010 under the curatorial organization of the Plan Magazine, the Forum is an annual event for networking […]

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Venice Art Biennale 2015 / Finnish Pavilion

The 56th La Biennale di Venezia 2015 opens its doors to the public on 9th May. OOPEAA has created the exhibition design for the presentation of the exhibition “Hours, Years, Aeons” by the artist duo IC-98 in the Alvar Aalto Pavilion of […]

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Seinäjoki office goes to Frami

The OOPEAA Seinäjoki office has moved. The Seinäjoki office has moved to Frami D, an office building designed by OOPEAA in 2007. It is a hub for innovative companies, start-ups and technology education. The site is well situated in Seinäjoki […]

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Puukuokka shortlisted for The Plan Awards

OOPEAA is glad to announce that Puukuokka Housing Block project is shortlisted within the finalists for The Plan Awards 2015, in the Housing category. You can check the full list of shortlisted projects here: http://awards.theplan.it/index.php/shortlisted/shortlist

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Puukuokka Housing Block / new publications

The first building in the Puukuokka Housing Block was just recently completed. Puukuokka is the first eight-story high wooden apartment building in Finland. Developed in collaboration with Lakea, it is an energy-efficient trio of multi-story wood-framed flats in the Jyväskylä […]

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Suomi Seven at MFA

Suomi Seven exhibition now comes to Helsinki at the Museum of Finnish Architecture! Exhibition opens on Monday, 23. March and ends on 5. May. Welcome!

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Lecture at Aalto University

Today, Thursday 19th February, at Aalto University, Department of Architecture in Helsinki Anssi Lassila will hold a public lecture. OOPEAA office, background and projects will be presented at 15.15 in room H103. The lecture will be in English.  

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Lonna Sauna

The OOPEAA team is thrilled to be working on a new project for a public sauna to be located on the small Lonna island, between the “Kauppatori” Market Square in the heart of downtown Helsinki and the Suomenlinna fortress, one of […]

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Puukuokka Block 1 ready

OOPEAA is happy to announce that the first block of the Puukuokka Housing complex is ready! This week the residents will start moving in into their brand new apartments.

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Puupalkinto / Puupäivä

We are proud to announce that House Riihi by OOPEAA was shortlisted as nominee in the WoodPrize / Puupalkinto 2014, organized by Woodinfo / Puuinfo Finland since 1994. The prize will be assigned today, 27th November, during the happenings of Puupäivä, the Finnish “day […]

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House Riihi / Mies Prize nominee

We are happy to announce that House Riihi has been nominated amongst the projects for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award 2015. Launched in 1987, the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – […]

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Build beyond by Knauf / Paris

Today at 18.00 in Centre Pompidou – Paris Anssi Lassila will be part of the event “Les Conversations – Build Beyond”, within the research program “Build Beyond by Knauf”.

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Puukuokka Block 1

In the Jyväskylä suburb of Kuokkala, the first part of the Puukuokka Housing Block is nearing completion. Puukuokka 1, the first part of a complex to be composed of three wooden multi-story apartment buildings, is expected to be completed by […]

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Konsthall Tornedalen in progress

In 2012 OOPEAA, operating under the name Lassila Hirvilammi Architects at the time, won the competition for a new art museum in Vitsaniemi in the Swedish Lapland. The Konsthall Tornedalen will be located on the beautiful banks of the river Kemijoki that marks […]

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What´s next?

Please join us at the Open Discussion:RE-CREATION – THE RESILIENCE OF ARCHITECTUREWHAT’S NEXT? The discussion will be held in Venice on Wednesday October 29, 2014 1 pm–2 pm at the Alvar Aalto Pavilion of Finland, Giardini di Castello.

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Forum HolzBau – Nordic Wood / Trondheim

In these days in Trondheim (NO) technologies and potential in wood construction are discussed at the Forum HolzBau / Nordic Wood, the Nordic Wood Building Conference (24-26 Sept 2014). Entitled “Wood Future”, the event aims at discussing how traditional knowledge […]

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