News

2019

• March 21st 2019

  

  Anssi Lassila to give a lecture at Oulu School of Architecture on March 25, 2019

• March 13th 2019

  

  OOPEAA and Gehl are holding an open workshop on envisioning the future Seinäjoki City Center on March 19, 2019

• March 5th 2019

  

  The proposal by OOPEAA and Töölö Urban wins the competition for a Cultural River Float on the river Aura in Turku, Finland

• March 1st 2019

  

  Puukuokka Block, Taika Kindergarten and Risuviita Housing eligible to be nominated as finalists for the ArchDaily Building of the Year Awards

• January 30th 2019

  

  The Building Permit for the New Tikkurila Church in Vantaa has been approved

• January 25th 2019

  

  Developing the vision for the future Seinäjoki City Center

• January 15th 2019

  

  Puukuokka Block receives the Best ARA Square Meters of the Year Award

• January 9th 2019

  

  Anssi Lassila lecturing at the Forum for Wood Construction in Trondheim

2018

• December 10th 2018

  

  Anssi Lassila to give a lecture at the CLT Forum Japan in Tokyo on December 12, 2018

• December 5th 2018

  

  OOPEAA is embarking on a research and development project to create a Life Cycle Visualizer

• November 13th 2018

  

  Lonna Sauna and Taika Kindergarten by OOPEAA nominated for the EU Mies Award 2019

• November 9th 2018

  

  Taika Kindergarten in Seinäjoki has been well received by the children and the staff alike

• October 29th 2018

  

  The Puukuokka Block with a trio of wood-framed apartment buildings is now complete

• September 12th 2018

  

  Anssi Lassila speaking at Habitare Pro on September 13, 2018

• September 4th 2018

  

  OOPEAA wins design and build competition for Puu-Kivistö in Vantaa with a joint proposal with Lundén

• July 5th 2018

  

  OOPEAA wins invited competition for a new global concept for an all-year-round floating sea pool for the Allas Sea Pool Family

• July 2nd 2018

  

  OOPEAA is recruiting / Työpaikkailmoitus

• June 15th 2018

  

  Kontra by OOPEAA wins invited competition for a multifunctional pavilion for the new Seinäjoki Central Square

• May 18th 2018

  

  STED, the three-year research project on Sustainable transformation and Environmental Design concluded in a seminar in Copenhagen today

• April 9th 2018

  

  Anssi Lassila to lecture in Stockholm on Thursday, April 12, 2018

• February 16th 2018

  

  Risuviita offers a combination of social housing and special housing for people with autism spectrum

• February 2nd 2018

  

  Suvela Chapel is a finalist in the Archdaily 2018 Building of the Year Awards

• January 15th 2018

  

  Puukuokka Housing Block to be completed in June

2017

• December 20th 2017

  

  OOPEAA wins competition for a residential neighborhood in Jyväskylä

• December 8th 2017

  

  Anssi Lassila of OOPEAA receives the State Prize for Architecture

• December 1st 2017

  

  Anssi Lassila as Keynote Speaker at the 9th Annual Symposium of Architectural Research 2017 in Oulu

• November 29th 2017

  

  Suvela Chapel and Kärsämäki Church by Anssi Lassila / OOPEAA among 12 buildings highlighted by CNN Style today

• November 28th 2017

  

  OOPEAA is creating a strategic preplan for the Seinäjoki Center around the train station

• November 23rd 2017

  

  OOPEAA is working on a future vision for the Seinäjoki Centre in collaboration with Gehl

• November 17th 2017

  

  OOPEAA receives shared third place in the competition for Ylivieska Church

• November 8th 2017

  

  Anssi Lassila is speaking today at the Nordic Architecture Fair in Gothenburg

• November 6th 2017

  

  The Alfred Kordelin Prize awarded to Anssi Lassila of OOPEAA

• October 25th 2017

  

  OOPEAA wins competition for a new church in Tikkurila

• October 20th 2017

  

  Lonna Sauna and Pihapetäjä Housing by OOPEAA nominated for the Wood Award / Puupalkinto 2017

• October 19th 2017

  

  Pihapetäjä Housing is the first wooden multi-story apartment building in Joensuu

• September 11th 2017

  

  Anssi Lassila lecturing at the Fay Jones School of Architecture on September 11, 2017

• September 6th 2017

  

  OOPEAA to receive the Spotlight Prize 2017

• August 30th 2017

  

  Suvela Chapel Wins the Accessibility Award of the Year 2017

• June 8th 2017

  

  Suvela Chapel by OOPEAA shortlisted for the European Copper in Architecture Awards

• May 26th 2017

  

  OOPEAA wins Spotlight Prize 2017

• May 17th 2017

  

  Tours in Suvela Chapel and Lonna sauna during OpenHouse Helsinki

• May 10th 2017

  

  Lonna Sauna will officially open to the public next week

• April 24th 2017

  

  Anssi Lassila is lecturing in Oslo

• April 19th 2017

  

  OOPEAA is part of the Finnish Olympic Design Group designing a proposal for the Winter Olympics in China in 2022

• February 24th 2017

  

  The moment of final countdown for the World Championships in Lahti is here

• February 10th 2017

  

  Anssi Lassila giving a lecture at the annual Bryggman Seminar today

• January 31st 2017

  

  Puukuokka Housing and Suvela Chapel by OOPEAA shortlisted for the 2017 EU Mies Award

• January 16th 2017

  

  Suvela Chapel featured in Architectural Record

2016

• December 15th 2016

  

  Puukuokka One, Suvela Chapel and Periscope Tower by OOPEAA nominated for the Mies van der Rohe Award 2017

• December 12th 2016

  

  Suvela Chapel receives honorary mention in the HURRAA Awards in Espoo