Tag Tuomas Uusiheimo

22-07-2015

Verstas Architects and Saunalahti School in Espoo

The revolution in the Finnish educational system has affected its architecture, as in Saunalahti School in Espoo, designed by Verstas Architects, where the educational spaces extend outside the building to improve the quality of life in the city around them.

12-02-2015

Birgitta Café by Talli Architecture&Design

A café in Helsinki, right in the middle of Pyhä Birgitta Park, is designed to be dynamic in every way: it has no front or back and big windows allow you to see right through it. A 100% sustainable project.

09-10-2013

Ala Architects: Kilden Performing Arts Centre in Norway

In Kristiansand, Norway, Finnish architectural studio Ala Architects has built an arts centre containing a large concert hall and a theatre. The history of the project, which began in the ’80s, led to construction of a landmark of great symbolic value; the Kilden has a sculptural shape somewhere between art and architecture, overlooking the city’s waterfront, and its design and use of materials are derived from local history.

21-08-2013

JKMM Architects: municipal library in Seinäjoki, Finland

Within the context of the Seinäjoki civic centre, designed by Alvar Aalto, JKMM Architects conceived the new library, integrating the functions of the great Finnish architect’s work. The new building – composed of three connecting volumes – is simple and adopts a contemporary approach, and sustainability is also considered in the materials selected.