Four projects by OOPEAA have been selected to be presented in the exhibition “In Therapy” in the Nordic Pavilion at the Architecture Biennale in Venice 2016. Puukuokka will be featured as one of the nine projects to be highlighted as […]
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The countdown clock for the Lahti World Championships in Nordic Skiing in 2017 was officially started on February 19, 2016. The countdown clock for the Lahti World Championships in Nordic Skiing has been designed by Anssi Lassila / OOPEAA. The clock […]
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Puukuokka by OOPEAA has been chosen as one of the nine highlighted projects to represent Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish architecture at the Venice Biennale in 2016. David Basulto, curator of In Therapy: Nordic Countries Face to Face – the exhibition […]
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We are excited to announce that Puukuokka Housing Block is one of the five finalists in housing category for the ArchDaily Building of the Year Award 2016! Puukuokka was selected from over 3 000 projects. Over 18,000 architects and enthusiasts participated in […]
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On February 4th, 2016 at 10.35 Anssi Lassila will give a lecture at the „SUPERWOOD” congress at Architekturforum DACH+HOLZ INTERNATIONAL 2016 Stuttgart, Germany. In this talk Anssi Lassila will focus on presenting the Puukuokka Apartment Block as an example of housing in wood on a large scale. He will […]
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The Awards Showcase Leadership in Architecture and Design The Wood Design & Building magazine, in partnership with the Canadian Wood Council, has announced the award recipients for the 2015/16 Wood Design Awards program. Winning recipients were selected from over 140 […]
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On January 12, 2016 at 6 pm Anssi Lassila will give a lecture at the Boston Architectural College, Cascieri Hall. The title of the lecture is “Of Things Small and Large”. In this talk Anssi Lassila will address the question […]
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Today, 7th of January, Anssi Lassila will hold a lecture about Puukuokka in Trondheim, Norway. The lecture is part of a course organized by Tekna. Find more info and full program here
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The Puukuokka Housing Block designed by Anssi Lassila / OOPEAA has been selected winner of the Wood Prize 2015. The Wood Prize is awarded annually as a sign of recognition to a building, interior or structure that represents Finnish wood […]
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The OOPEAA Helsinki office has moved to Töölö. The new office is located along the lively Hesperia esplanade just a few blocks away from the central Railway Station and right next to the Töölönlahti Bay park in the very center […]
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November 14, 2015 Anssi Lassila, OOPEAA receives the Resident Act of the Year 2015 (Vuoden Asukastoimija) award in recognition for his work on extending the scale of the design for wooden housing onto the level of multistory apartment buildings with […]
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At the beginning of 2014 OOPEAA, with PEAB Ltd, won a competition organized by the Municipality of Kokkola for a new kindergarten. The construction started in June 2014 and this autumn, the building is put into use. Located in a suburban […]
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OOPEAA is happy to announce that Puukuokka Housing Block has been nominated for Wood Award / Puupalkinto 2015. Puupalkinto is given to a building, a decoration or a structure that represents the high-quality Finnish wood architecture or where wood has […]
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We are proud to announce that the Puukuokka Housing Block designed by OOPEAA has been selected winner of the Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2015. This year composer Kaija Saariaho has acted as the judge to select the winner from among five […]
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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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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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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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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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