Category: Selected

Competition for a New Church in Ørestad

The church hall forms the heart of the building. The ceiling with a wooden cladding form a light cover that embraces the entire building under its shelter. Together with the clay flooring, the wood gives the spaces a warm feel. The skylights allow the light to softly seep in and offer an opportunity to see the open sky. 

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Nila Proposal for the Kankaan Suvanto Area

Nila – A Connective Tissue for Kankaan Suvanto The open architecture competition for the Kankaan Suvanto area in Jyväskylä sought for an urban planning proposal for developing a new residential neighborhood in the formerly unbuilt parcel of land between the […]

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Villa B in Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain

Villa B in Ciutadella on the island of Menorca in Spain transforms an old structure into a villa of contemporary standards. Located within the very dense urban fabric in the heart of the historical city, the villa is built on […]

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Tikkurila Church and Housing

In the Tikkurila Church and Housing, all designed as one complex, the church, the Bethania Apartments, and the student housing form one unity with a diversity of functions. The multifunctional block serves the residents of Tikkurila, one of the fastest […]

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Moroto Whisky Village

The ‘Moroto Whisky Village’ is a concept proposal developed for an invited competition arranged by the Japanese company, Moroto. The competition sought for proposals to transform a site in the Moroto Forest in the Kanagawa Prefecture with its beautiful woods […]

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Hamnbad Stockholm

The Hamnbad Stockholm is a floating pool to be built in Munkbrohamnen in downtown Stockholm. It is based on the competition winning Architectural Global Concept developed by OOPEAA for the Allas Sea Pool Family by Nordic Urban. The project is […]

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Villa Koivikko

The newly renovated Villa Koivikko is an excellent example of how new buildings can successfully be added to the context of a historically and architecturally valuable landmark. It creates something entirely new while simultaneously complementing the existing architecture and helping […]

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Puuhi Community Space

Puuhi is a space for meetings and shared activity for the people of Soini. It was born out of the initiative of the villagers and carried out through active engagement of the community of Soini. Kyläpääskyt, an association founded by […]

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Seinäjoki Vision and Toolbox

The Vision and Toolbox for the Future Seinäjoki City Center provides a framework for developing Seinäjoki as a socially sustainable, active and green city with a human scale. An Urban Toolbox of architectural tools specifically designed for developing the city […]

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Koota

KOOTA Wooden Housing Block for Porvoo West Bank   Koota is a new wooden housing block to be built in the West Bank of Porvoo, a small historical city with a significant heritage of wooden buildings from the 19th century. Located […]

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Taika kindergarten

The Taika Kindergarten building is carefully designed with the needs and the scale of children in mind in order to provide them an experiential and friendly space. Taika opened its doors to serve Seinäjoki families in January 2018, and it […]

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Puukuokka Housing Block

Completed in 2015, Puukuokka One was the first eight-story high wooden apartment building in Finland. It explores the potential of modular prefabricated CLT construction to meet the goal of providing high quality, environmentally responsible and affordable housing.The Puukuokka apartment complex […]

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Puukivistö

“Kolmen kerroksen väkeä”, Upstairs – Downstairs, Living Together on Three Levels, the proposal by OOPEAA and Lundén Architecture Company wins the design and build competition for an apartment block in the new district of wooden housing in Kivistö, Vantaa in […]

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Kontra

Seinäjoki is one of the fastest growing cities in Finland. Currently the city has about 62 000 inhabitants, the urban area about 150 000, and the region about 200 000 inhabitants. A new Central Square is planned in the center […]

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Risuviita

Risuviita offers a combination of social housing and special housing for people with autism spectrum Risuviita in the Kasperi neighborhood in Seinäjoki offers a combination of social housing and special housing for people with autism spectrum. Completed in the fall […]

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Ylivieska church

The competition The architecture competition for the new Ylivieska Church was organized by the Ylivieska parish and it was open to participants in Finland and the rest of the European Union. The assignment was to design a new church to […]

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Pihapetäjä Housing in Joensuu

Completed in summer 2017, Pihapetäjä is the first wooden multi-story apartment building in Joensuu. It was commissioned by the Foundation for the Promotion of Karelian Culture as a response to their desire to build affordable rental housing of high quality […]

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