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We show the New Nordic Schools, Jätkäsaari, designed by Avanto Architects Ltd. The headquarters of mobile game developer, Supercell, is located in the new and unique Wood City.
The massive wooden structure by built by Anttinen Oiva Architects at the entrance of the Jätkäsaari neighborhood. Fyra was selected by Supercell Oy to design a kindergarten for the same building. The daycare is operated by New Nordic Schools.
Solo Sokos Hotel Torni interior design by Fyra. Since its establishment in 1931, the thirteen floors of Hotel Torni have made it a prominent landmark of the Finnish capital city.
In 2018, the hotel underwent a comprehensive renovation, with Fyra being responsible for the interior design of the restaurant, the bars, and the reception area.
BIBLIO-Centrum – from the Greek word for book and the Latin word for center – will be Helsinki’s new “book center” or “book central”, a focal point for the most prominent facilities of the city: Parliament, the Helsinki Music Centre, the Finland Opera House, the Kiasma Museum, Sanoma House, and the central railway station.
The competition entry places a contemporary, down-to-earth public building at the heart of the metropolis, with a strong reference to the Finnish building tradition. The design shows a building entirely made of Finnish pinewood.
A place for everyone: open and accessible, usable and public. A public square animated by exhibitions, events and music. A space surrounded by some of the most important buildings of the city. It’s the cultural centre, heart and mind of the community.
A modern library, as a elementary and great emblem of the Finnish essence, culture and know-how, and result of the most accomplished wooden construction technology.
Shared Dreams is a proposal for the new Helsinki Library, sited at a strategic point within the city, the cultural cluster in the Töölönlahti area, with the Helsinki Music Centre, the Aalto congress centre, and the Kiasma contemporary art museum.
The City of Helsinki has commissioned the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to conduct a concept and development study, exploring the possibility of creating a new Guggenheim Museum in Finland.
The site for Kiasma lies in the heart of Helsinki at the foot of the Parliament building to the west, with Eliel Saarinen’s Helsinki Station to the east, and Alvar Aalto’s Finlandia Hall to the north.
Attic is the memory of a house. In attic time is different. Attic is not routine, attic don’t have stress. All the objects are tied to stories. Attic is a narrative space. Also a city can have an attic. A public attic to reflect the collective subconscious.
The plot for the projected Helsinki Seafarers´ Centre is situated by the main entrance to the Vuosaari harbour, on the northern corner of the area.
Sauerbruch Hutton Architects was selected out of five short-listed teams (74 applicants) as the winner for the Low2No Competition for an energy- and innovation block in Jatkasaari, Helsinki.
HANKO ice cream kiosk was designed and constructed by students of Helsinki University of Technology Wood Program 2007 as a final task of the program.
Espoo Hospital Development: K2S has won the two stage international architecture competition for the design of a hospital in Espoo, Finland with its entry called “Orkidea”.
Kupla – The Bubble: Korkeasaari Zoo (Helsinki) and Wood Focus Finland organised an architectural competition for the students of architecture at Helsinki University of Technology, with the assignment of designing a ten-metre-high view tower out of timber for the Zoo.
An invited design competition was organized by the city of Helsinki to produce a design for this challenging site. ALA was selected as the winner in March 2007.
