Name Merikatu 5 Description Renovation and extension Client Punainen risti Year 2019 Size br-m² 5501 Merikatu 5 is located on the shoreline in Ullanlinna, Helsinki. Constructed in 1925, the building originally provided employment housing for the officer families of the White Guard higher cadre. The building, designed by Frosterus & Gripenberg Architects, demonstrates 1920s classicism …
Name University of the Arts Helsinki Description Newbuilt and renovation, Competition entry Year 2017
Name Rettig headquarters renovation Description Design in collaboration with Rune & Berg interior architects Client Rettig Group Ltd Year 2019 Size br-m² 3220 The building is located along the Boulevard street, which is a nationally significant built cultural environment. The interior of the building was completely renovated in 1988 according to the plans of Professor …
Name Helsinki City Museum, Quarter K4 Description Renovation Client City of Helsinki Year 2016 Size br-m² 8850 The Senate Square is the monumental centre of Helsinki and the major architectural focal point in the town plan by Johan Albrecht Ehrenström and Carl Ludvig Engel from the beginning of 19th century. It is flanked in the …
Name Suomi-building Description Office and commercial building, Renovation Client TMW Pramerica Year 2011 Size br-m² 17 500 The building, based on the winning entry by Onni Tarjante and Armas Lindgren in an architectural competition, was completed in 1911 as a life insurance company’s (Henkivakuutusyhtiö Suomi) head office in Finland. The building is protected in the …
Name Learning centre Aleksandria Description University of Helsinki Year 2005 Size br-m² 5 500 The new Alexandria university building is a paradise for e-learning with 700 workstations reserved for students. A colourful new addition creates a gateway between the existing Porthania and University of Helsinki Student Library, forming an enclosed, weatherproof connection network between the …
Name Kamppi centre Description Public transportation terminals, Kamppi Branding 2022 Client City of Helsinki Year 2006- Size br-m² 55 000 The underground terminals are part of a proposal prepared by SRV Viitoset Oy’s design team for the Kamppi implementation and tender competition, organized by the City of Helsinki. The authors of the plan were Arkkitehtitoimisto …
Name Siltasaarenportti Description Realisation design Year 2017 Size br-m² 35500 The design task focuses on the northern and southern parts of the Pisara metro line and a station for the Töölö area. The Töölö station is located in a nationally significant built cultural environment. Project scope included all underground facilities and connections to the station. …
Name Haaga Rescue Station Description Rescue station, renovation and extension Client City of Helsinki Year 2016 Size br-m² 4200 Designed by Antero Pernaja and completed in 1961, the Haaga Rescue Station represents a streamlined post-war architecture. The massing is clear and intensely horizontal, and the facade and ceiling surfaces are large and clean. The massing …
Name Arppeanum, prime minister’s office Description Renovation Client Senate Properties Year 2015 Size br-m² 4100 The Arppeanum property (Snellmaninkatu 3) was built by the University of Helsinki (then Imperial Alexander University) and designed in 1869 by architect Carl Albert Edelfelt. The façade is based on the 19th-century northern German circular arch style and features references …
