Tag Oopeaa Office For Peripheral Architecture

15-06-2022

OOPEAA: Church, parish centre and social housing in Tikkurila

A project created thanks to the combined efforts of the parishes of Vantaa, the Lujatalo construction firm and the architects at OOPEAA has resulted in the unusual combination of a parish centre with social housing. The landmark, with its zig-zag profile and brightly-coloured bricks, also includes a new civic centre for the area of Tikkurila, just outside Helsinki.

23-02-2018

Nordic Architects Global Impacts

The volume in the Nordic Architects series of publications that Arvinius+Orfeus is dedicating to Nordic architecture uses examples of Scandinavian architects to explore one of the key aspects of contemporary architecture - the global impact of urbanisation.

15-12-2017

Centennial of Finnish independence and architecture in Finland

Finland celebrated its first century as an independent country on December 6, and we pay homage to the country by looking at a number of recent Finnish architectural projects covered in Floornature.

24-08-2017

Lonna Sauna by OOPEAA in Helsinki

OOPEAA, Office for Peripheral Architecture, has completed a new public sauna on the island of Lonna off Helsinki.

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.

26-04-2017

OOPEAA: Riihi house in Alajärvi (Finland)

OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture designed the Riihi house in Alajärvi (Finland), a home that updates the model of the Finnish farmhouse built around a central courtyard, with red fir cladding both inside and outside and great energy efficiency.

18-11-2014

Exhibition: SUOMI SEVEN. Emerging architects from Finland.

SUOMI SEVEN. Emerging architects from Finland is the title of the exhibition at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum (DAM) in Frankfurt, accompanying the Frankfurt Book Fair held in October. A tribute to the great architectural culture of Finland’s new generation of architects and designers.

10-07-2014

Floornaturelive Finnish pavilion at the Architecture Biennale

The pavilion of Finland, designed by Alvar Aalto in the Biennale grounds of the Giardini hosts the exhibition “Re-Creation”, which explores how the concept of architecture can be transformed from local conditions and traditions.