Heritage Building

Kuopio Museum Exterior

Kuopio Museum

Name Kuopio Museum Description Renovation and extension, Invited competition win 2017  Client City of Kuopio, Tilapalvelut  Year 2020 Size br-m² 4500 Kuopio Museum Extension Creates a New Cultural Quarter  The project includes the renovation and expansion of the listed Kuopio Museum, completed in 1907, and the connection of the museum complex to the adjacent Kuopio …

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Wuorio building, Unioninkatu 30

Name Wuorio building, Unioninkatu 30 Description Renovation and extension Client Schroder Investment Management/Trevian Asset Management Year 2020 Size br-m² 5270 Originally constructed in the 1830s for residential and commercial use, Unioninkatu 30 was modernized in 1909 by architect Herman Gesellius. The building housed decorative painter Salomo Wuorio’s wallpaper and carpet shop for nearly 70 years, …

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Clarion congress center Makasiini L2

Name Clarion congress center Makasiini L2 Description Congress centre Client Arthur Buchardt Year 2016 Size br-m² 8500 The listed harbour magazine L2 was converted to an event and convention space for 2000 guests. The originally unheated warehouse building and its existing building structure was ideal for the convention use. It allowed the architects to maintain …

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Suomi-building

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 …

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Arppeanum, prime minister’s office

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 …

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