Tag Mika Huisman

19-10-2022

JKMM: Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts

JKMM designed the headquarters of an important university institution, Uniarts Helsinki’s Academy of Fine Arts, in the former industrial district of Sörnäinen. New construction and regeneration are combined in a dynamic interior with a programme open to the community.

05-02-2020

K-Kampus by JKMM, sustainable offices in Helsinki

The Finnish firm, JKMM Architects recently completed K-Kampus, the Kesko headquarters in Helsinki. The architecture occupies a whole city block in the Kalasatama district and serves as a base for some 1800 employees. The building has been granted Green Office environmental certification and an application for BREEAM certification is pending.

09-01-2019

JKMM: Amos Rex, a new underground museum in Helsinki

JKMM takes a radical approach to the expansion of the Amos Anderson Art Museum in central Helsinki. JKMM has dug out the space for the new Amos Rex museum underneath the square behind the Lasipalatsi, a Modernist pavilion built in 1936, now rediscovered and renovated as part of the Amos Rex project.

17-12-2018

Parviainen Architects and the Länsisalmi Power Station in Helsinki

Parviainen Architects is the Production Energy and Recycling Completed Buildings category winner at the 2018 World Architecture Festival, its second prize this year after the Marigold Architecture Award.

25-10-2018

Amos Rex, the new Amos Anderson Art Museum by JKMM

Helsinki has been blessed with a new architectural and art attraction, the Amos Rex art museum - designed by JKMM - right in the heart of Finland's capital, simultaneously refurbishing an iconic 1930s building called Lasipalatsi as an integral part of the museum.

12-07-2017

OOPEAA and the Suvela Chapel in Espoo

In the district of Suvela, in Espoo, stands the parish centre designed by OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture for the Espoo Union Parish. In addition to the chapel, the complex designed by OOPEAA includes spaces for related activities serving the community of Suvela.

29-07-2015

Anttinen Oiva and Helsinki University Main Library (Kaisa house)

Anttinen Oiva Architects of Finland has completed Helsinki University Main Library (Kaisa House), the biggest university library in Finland. Anttinen Oiva completes the city block extending along Kaisaniemenkatu with a brick building that relates to and updates the existing constructions.

09-03-2015

Lahdelma & Mahlamäki design the Finnish Nature Centre Haltia in Espoo

A series of eco-sustainable solutions make Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects’ Finnish Nature Centre Haltia in Espoo an example for future constructions in Finland. In the Finnish Nature Centre Haltia, Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects have created a symbol of the relationship between nature and culture in Finland.

18-09-2013

Halo Architects: Sami Cultural Centre in Inari (Finland)

An expression of the Sami people, the cultural centre in Inari, Finland, designed by Halo Architects, has an organic shape that fits into the landscape with respect. This contemporary work of architecture is adapted to the landscape thanks to a layout of complex design which takes into account the presence of the old trees and the glass façade with handcrafted wooden cladding.