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The winners of the Kestävä kivitalo / Durable Stone Building 2021 award were announced at the annual Kestävä kivitalo / Durable Stone Building seminar in the Finlandia Hall today. The award is granted to the Tikkurila Church by OOPEAA and […]

The renovated and restored Villa Koivikko, a landmarked residence designed by Aarne Ervi in 1958, is featured as the House of the Month in the September 2021 issue of the Architectural Record.  In the project to renovate the villa, ”Our starting point was to celebrate […]

The Tikkurila Church and Housing by OOPEAA has been nominated for the 2022 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award Mies Award. The European Commission and the Fundació Mies van der Rohe have today announced the list of works nominated for […]

OOPEAA JOKOTAI is a free online tool for comparing the environmental impact of building materials in the early stage of the design process. The JOKOTAI Material Impact Screener provides an early assessment tool that makes it possible for designers, clients and all parties involved in […]

Anssi Lassila is giving a lecture at the International Congress of Architects held in Budapest on July 2, 2021. The theme of the conference is Which Past Leads to Our Future. It seeks to explore how past experiences and traditions […]

The Tikkurila Church and Housing is featured in the June 2021 issue of the Finnish Architectural Review dedicated to theme of Sacred Space.  The Tikkurila Church, the Bethania Apartments, and the HOAS student housing form one unity with a diversity of functions serving the residents […]

The Stockholm City Planning Office has granted a building permit for Hamnbad Stockholm, a floating structure with public space, spas, saunas and pools to be built in Munkbrohamnen in Riddarfjärden in downtown Stockholm. The architecture of the project is based […]

The London Festival of Architecture celebrates London as the global hub for architecture. This year, the festival focuses on the theme of ‘care’. Presenting a lively and diverse programme of public events both in various destinations across London as well […]

Anssi Lassila is participating in a panel discussion on the Art of Transformation in the Perspective Virtual Forum on Architecture and Interior Design on May 18-19, 2021. The event is organized by THE PLAN. Anssi Lassila, OOPEAA The Art of Transformation  Panel Discussion  […]

The restored and renovated Villa Koivikko is featured in the April issue of the Finnish Architectural Review dedicated to theme of Tradition and Renewal.  Villa Koivikko is a landmarked masterpiece of modernism from the 1950s originally designed by Aarne Ervi, […]

The restoration and renovation project including the addition of three new buildings by OOPEAA to the Villa Koivikko, a landmarked masterpiece of modernism has been nominated for the 2022 edition of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van […]

The new Tikkurila Church was inaugurated yesterday, on Sunday, January 24, 2021. The Sunday morning inauguration mass was televised in order to make it possible to share it with people. In the evening, the inauguration celebrations continued with a concert […]

After the very unusual year 2020 we are now happy to welcome the new year 2021. Thanks to the wonderful team at OOPEAA and the great partners that we had the pleasure to work with, we managed to carry on […]

The Puuhi Community Space by OOPEAA in Soini welcomes the new year with a beautiful winter landscape covered in fresh white snow. With its fireplace ready to warm up the space to create a cozy atmosphere, it awaits a time […]

OOPEAA’s entry ”Kuhan” wins the land allocation competition for a new housing block in Äijälänsalmi, Jyväskylä. The design developed by OOPEAA proposes a community-oriented plan for urban living based on wood. Special emphasis is placed on creating a framework for […]

The new book ‘An Architecture Guide to the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals Volume 2’ focuses on the question of how architecture can contribute to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Showing an extensive collection of projects in all scales and […]

Anssi Lassila is giving a talk on the use of timber in architecture as a sustainable solution at the Seminar on Sustainable House 2 in Tampere on October 3, 2020. The event is organized by the Pirkanmaa society for building […]

OOPEAA has been commissioned to realize the restoration and renovation of the Rauhanlinna Castle in Savonlinna, Finland. With its rich ornamentation and intricate detailing, the Rauhanlinna castle completed in 1900 is a unique example of Russian style wooden manor houses […]

The fall semester 2020 in the Contemporary Architecture Program at the Oulu School of Architecture will be kicked off by an open lecture on contemporary wood architecture by Anssi Lassila. The lecture is presented in the Contemporary Wood Architecture Lecture […]

Spring is the time for new beginnings. After almost seven years at OOPEAA, Kazunori Yamaguchi is now moving on to establish a practice of his own in Japan. While Kazunori will no longer be part of the day to day […]

We are happy to celebrate the topping out of the New Tikkurila Church today on March 4, 2020. The construction is progressing on schedule and the church is slated to be ready at the end of this year. It is […]

The Puuhi Community Space by OOPEAA is featured in the ARK Magazine issue 1 / 2020. Puuhi is a space for meetings and shared activity for the people of Soini. It is a place for gatherings and events initiated by the […]

Katharina Heidkamp of OOPEAA will give a lecture on the Puukuokka Housing at the Holzbau 2020 Conference in Augsburg, Germany on February 21, 2020. The conference is organized by the Institute for Building and Housing at the University of Applied […]

Starting in February 2020, two new team leaders will be working together with Anssi Lassila, founder and director of OOPEAA as members of the newly formed OOPEAA Steering Group. Together the steering group will help focus the development of the […]