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Lastu,  the new education building for the STEP Professional Training Center campus in Järvenpää is one of the five projects shortlisted for the Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2024. The Finlandia Prize for Architecture shortlist is chosen by a pre-selection jury […]

This summer marks the 20 year anniversary of the Kärsämäki Shingle Church. On Sunday, July 28 2024, a festive program will be organized to celebrate the special occasion in Kärsämäki. Completed in 2004, the Kärsämäki Shingle Church was the international […]

Tikkurila Church and Housing is selected by the jury of the Barbara Cappochin International Architecture Prize as one of the 40 best international projects. It is featured on the Tables of Architecture exhibition of the Barbara Cappochin International Architecture Biennale […]

Kumulus, the entry developed by OOPEAA and Tmi Otto Heinonen is awarded honorary mention in the international open architecture competition for the Museum of History and the Future in Turku, Finland. The competition attracted a lot of interest and over […]

Hope and Action in Architecture is the theme of the 2024 edition of the annual symposium on architecture. In the keynote lectures on May 17, 2024. Benedikt Hartl of Opposite Office (morning session) and Momoyo Kajima of Atelier Bow-Wow (afternoon […]

We are celebrating 10 years of OOPEAA. Time flies! It feels like it was only just a short moment ago when we first introduced OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture as the new name of the office in May 2014. A […]

Anssi Lassila will be speaking at the annual Building Inspection Days in Jyväskylä on March 14, 2024. The Building Inspection Days, RTY Rakennustarkastuspäivät, will take place in Jyväskylä on March 13-15, 2024. This year, the theme of the Building Inspection […]

Anssi Lassila is participating in a colloquium on the role of hand drawing in the practice of architecture at Carnegie Mellon University on February 17, 2024. The Colloquium, WHY STILL DRAW: The enduring Importance of Freehand Drawing for Architects in the […]

Anssi Lassila will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon University on Thursday, February 15, 2024. The Dual Lecture together with Brian MacKay Lyons of MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects is part of the Public Program series at the School of Architecture at Carnegie […]

Anssi Lassila is speaking on Scalable Wood Architecture in the annual Bryggman Seminar in Turku on February 2, 2024. Bryggman Seminar 2024 This year, the focus of the annual seminar is modern wood architecture. The day-long program features talks by […]

It is time again to wind down and enjoy time with family and friends during the holidays. It has been a busy year in the office with a mix of several long-term projects completed during the year and new ones […]

The winners of the Europan 17 Competition have been announced today. 11 juries selected 49 winners, 52 runners-up and 57 special mentions on 51 sites in 12 European countries. The theme of Europan 17 was Living Cities 2 – Reimagining Architecture […]

Anssi Lassila will be speaking at a conference on Sustainable Wood Construction in Berlin on November 21, 2023. The event is an exclusive networking meeting intended for professionals interested in sustainable wood construction. The conference brings together German and Finnish […]

Puukuokka Housing Block is featured as one of the two study cases in a new publication on decarbonized construction by John Wiley & Sons. The book, Carbon: A Field Manual for Designers and Builders is authored by Kuittinen, Organschi and Ruff. […]

Anssi Lassila is speaking at the Wood Camp Live 2023 conference on new developments in wood construction on November 15, 2023. This is the second year of the conference that brings together a wide range of practitioners engaged in research, […]

Anssi Lassila will be speaking at the Puupäivä, Wood Day, on November 2, 2023. The annual Wood Day conference addresses topical issues in the field of wood construction. The goal of the event is to foster dialogue to deepen awareness […]

The proposal, ”Kitara, taivas ja tähdet” (‘Guitar, Sky and Stars’) by OOPEAA together with tmi Otto Samuli Heinonen has been awarded second prize in a competition seeking for ideas for the vision for the future development of Ylöjärvi. Vision for Future […]

Casa B by OOPEAA has been nominated for the 2024 EU Mies Awards, the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award Mies Awards. The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have today announced the list of works nominated […]

Today we celebrate the inauguration of the new Campus House for the STEP Professional Training Center in Järvenpää. We are excited to see the building now ready to welcome its new users. We extend our thanks to the commissioning client, […]

Anssi Lassila will be speaking at a conference on contemporary living in Florence, Italy on Thursday, September 28, 2023 Architects Eike Becker of Eike Becker_Architekten (Germany), Anssi Lassila of OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture (Finland) and Lisa van der Slot […]

The restoration and renovation of the Rauhalinna Castle, a landmark for historic preservation has been selected finalist for the PLAN Award 2023 in the category of Renovation, Completed Projects. The PLAN Award – An International Platform for Discussion THE PLAN […]

Anssi Lassila is taking part in a session on the Sustainable Future of Mass Timber Architecture at the UIA World Congress in 2023 in Copenhagen on July 5. Rethinking Resources The panel on the Sustainable Future of Mass Timber is […]

Today, Tuesday, May 9, we are celebrating the groundbreaking for Seinäjoki Station and Aallokko Center. The ceremony marks the beginning of the construction of the first stage in a multi-year project that will transform the area in the center of […]

Anssi Lassila is giving a lecture at the BAU 2023 conference in Munich on April 20, 2023 in a lecture series organized by the AIT Magazine / AIT Dialogue. Under the title “FORWARD: Impulses of a Future-Oriented Generation of Architects” […]