Heritage Building

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 […]

Name Govinius House, Quarter K4 Description Office and commercial building, Renovation Client City of Helsinki Year 2012 Size br-m² 2200 Govinius’s two- and partly three-story Empire style stone building was completed according to the drawings of architect Pehr Granstedt in 1819. Between the 1850s and 1935, the building, known as the Kleineh Hotel, housed a

Name Erottaja Rescue Station Description Rescue station, Renovation Client City of Helsinki Year 2013 Size br-m² 5100 Erottaja Rescue Station, completed in 1899, is one of the significant works of architect Theodor Höijer. Equipped with an impressive tower, the red-brick Neo-Renaissance building has been expanded several times over the years but has remained in its

Name Backas Manor Description Manor restaurant, Renovation Client SOK Year 2017 Size br-m² 650 Backas is an old horse farm formed from two estates in the 17th century. The current main building of the farm, built in the 19th century, is a nationally significant built cultural environment and the entire area of the manor is

Name Helsinki city hall Description Renovation Client City of Helsinki Year 1999 – 2009 Size br-m² 14 500 Helsinki City Hall includes the former 19th century Society House, designed by C. L. Engel in the southern part of the block. The building was converted into a town hall in the 1960s according to professor Aarno Ruusuvuori’s drawings. The town

Name Metsätalo, University of Helsinki Description Renovation and conversion, phases 1, 2 and library Client University of Helsinki Year 2001-2015 Size br-m² 22500 Designed by Jussi Paatela and completed in 1939, Metsätalo, owned by the University of Helsinki, was built for the use of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry (B and C wings) and

Name University language centre Description University building, Renovation Client University of Helsinki Year 2009 Size br-m² 4 200 The Finnish Business School at Fabianinkatu 26 was built in 1906-1907, based on the designs of architect Kauno S. Kallio. At the end of the 1920s, a residential and classroom building was built on the same plot