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Awards

Finnish Lighting Award, Interior Lighting, 2023
European Steel Design Awards, Finalist, 2023
Shenzhen Global Design Award, Bronze Award, Urban Design, 2023
Prix Versailles, Airports, Special Prize, interior, 2022
Finnish Wood Architecture Award, winner, 2022
Grands Prix du Design, Institutional Building, Platinum Winner & International Grand Prix Winner, 2022
Tekla Global BIM Awards, Best BIM & public project, 2022
Finnish Association of Civil Engineers Award, 1st prize, 2021
Finnish Steel Structure of the Year Award, 2021
Grands Prix du Design, Cultural Building, Gold Winner & International Grand Prix Winner, 2021
Tekla BIM Awards, Finland & the Baltic states, Jury winner & people's choice winner, 2021
Detail Prize, 1st prize, 2020
Acknowledgment on accessibility, the City of Helsinki Council on Disability, 2019
Project Management Association Finland's Project of the Year Award, 2019
International Urban Project Award, Winner, 2019
Finlandia Prize for Architecture, Finalist, 2019
European Steel Design Awards, Award of Merit & Award of Excellence, 2019
IFLA/Systematic Public Library of the Year, 2019
WAF Awards, Completed buildings - Culture, Shortlisted, 2019
Dezeen Awards, Cultural building, Shortlisted, 2019
Architizer A+ Awards, Institutional - Libraries, Finalist, 2019
AZ Awards, Buildings over 1,000 m2, Jury winner & People's choice winner, 2019
EU Mies Award, Shortlisted, 2019
Finnish Association of Civil Engineers Award, shared 2nd prize, 2018
Finnish Steel Structure of the Year Award, 2018
Tekla BIM Awards, Finland & the Baltic states, Honorable mention, 2018
Architizer A+ Awards, Transportation & Transportation Infrastructure, Finalist, 2018
Architizer A+ Awards, Transportation & Transportation Infrastructure, Finalist, 2017
Finlandia Prize for Architecture, Finalist, 2016
City of Kuopio Architecture Award, 2015
Architizer A+ Awards, Hall & Theater, Finalist, 2015
EU Mies Award, Nominee, 2015
Finnish Wood Architecture Award, Honorable mention, 2014
Architizer A+ Awards, Theaters & Performing Arts Centers, Jury Winner, 2014
WAN Awards, Performing Spaces, Shortlisted, 2013
USITT Architecture Merit Award, 2013
Norwegian Lighting Award, Honorable mention, 2013
EU Mies Award, Nominee, 2013
Finnish State Prize for Architecture, 2012
Finnish Steel Structure of the Year Award, 2011
Norwegian Concrete Element Award, 2011
Finnish City Center of the Year award, 2011
Iakov Chernikhov Prize, Nominee, 2010
Pietilä Award for Young Architects, 2008

Competitions

Tartu Downtown Cultural Centre, Estonia, Purchase, 2023
Pirita tee 28 residential block, Tallinn, Estonia, 1st prize, 2023
European Commission's Joint Research Centre, Seville, Spain, Honorable mention, 2022
Gothenburg University Library, Sweden, shared 4th prize, 2021
Shenzhen Conservatory, China, shared 2nd prize, 2021
EBS Campus, Tallinn, Estonia, 1st prize, 2020
Lumière University Lyon 2 Learning Centre, Bron, France, 1st prize, 2019
Fornebuporten Metro Station, Baerum, Norway, 2nd prize, 2018
Helsinki High-rise design & build competition, Finland, 2nd prize, 2018
Finnish Russian School, Helsinki, Finland, Honorable mention, 2018
Helsinki Airport Terminal 2 expansion, Vantaa, Finland, 1st prize, 2017
Sino-Finnish Center, Nanjing, China, 2nd prize, 2016
Logomo pedestrian bridge, Turku, Finland, 3rd prize, 2016
Hotel next to Tampere Hall, Tampere, Finland, 1st prize, 2014
New town hall, Bodø, Norway, Honorable mention, 2014
Aalto University ARTS Campus, Espoo, Finland, Purchase, 2013
Central Library, Helsinki, Finland, 1st prize, 2013
Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia, Helsinki, Finland, 2nd prize, 2012
Khersonskaya ulitsa 43/12, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1st prize, 2012
Glass Pavilion, Tampere, Finland, 1st prize, 2011
Töölönlahti block #2018, Helsinki, Finland, Purchase, 2011
Kindergarten and community center, Hyvinkää, Finland, Honorable mention, 2011
Book and Blues House, Notodden, Norway, Honorable mention, 2010
UPM Headquarters, Helsinki, Finland, Special mention, 2009
Suurpelto III Ecological town, Espoo, Finland, 1st prize, 2008
Sundsvall Performing Arts Centre, Sweden, Honorable mention, 2008
Hanasaari Urban Plan, Helsinki, Finland, 1st prize, 2007
Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, Poland, Special award, 2007
National Museum, Tartu, Estonia, 2nd prize, 2006
Performing Arts Center, Kristiansand, Norway, 1st prize, 2005
Simonkappeli Chapel, Helsinki, Finland, Purchase, 2005
Museum Centre, Kotka, Finland, Honorable mention, 2004
Cultural Cluster, Vantaa, Finland, 3rd prize & Purchase, 2004
Verkatehdas Cultural Centre, Hämeenlinna, Finland, Honorable mention, 2003

Selected publications

AMC
#320, 2/2024

Buildings for Books – Contemporary Library Architecture
2023

ALA Architects – Practice
2023

Aa – Architetture in acciaio
#38, 2023

CFSA Review
#13, summer 2023

exé
#52, summer 2023

Teräsrakenne
1/2023

Valo
1/2023

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
1/2023

Puu Wood
1/2023

contemporary architecture – masterpieces around the world
2023

Transit
#58, 2022

Intérieurs
#87, 2022

Share – Conversations about Contemporary Architecture: The Nordic Countries
2022

Architekturjournal / Wettbewerbe
#362, 3/2022

Valo
2/2022

Architecture & Culture
Vol. 490, 3/2022

Asun
1/2022

Teräsrakenne
1/2022

prointerior
1/2022

Helsinki-Vantaan lentoaseman terminaalin 2 puualakaton tarina
2021

Projektiuutiset
6/2021

Teräsrakenne
4/2021

Libraries Architecture
2021

Intérieurs
#82, fall 2021

Deutsche Bauzeitschrift
10/2021

Fassade
4/2021

Detail
3/2021

Architecture & Culture
Vol. 476, 1/2021

mensch+architektur
1/2021

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
1/2021

Detail
1-2/2021

SADI News
#46, 2020

Toista sataa – Suomen itsenäisyyden ajan arkkitehtuuria vuosi vuodelta
2020

a+u
Vol. 596, 5/2020

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
5/2020

Finnish Architecture – Biennial Review 2020
2020

MAJA Estonian Architectural Review
Spring 2020

Designer’s Mind: 45 Finnish Designers’ Design Philosophy and Attitude toward Life
2020

Slender. High. Long. – Steel Structures
2020

Betoni
2/2020

Detail
3/2020

Deco Journal
Vol. 295, 2/2020

l’Arca International
#152, 1-2/2020

World Architecture
1/2020

prointerior
1/2020

The Forecast
#10, 2020

Bauwelt Einblick
1/2020

Passenger Terminal World
Annual Showcase
2020

LUX
#304, 2019

ofARCH
#149, 2019

Bauwelt
23/2019

d+a Design and Architecture
#112, 2019

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
4/2019

Wood Works – Sustainability, Versatility, Stability
2019

d’Architectures
#273, 2019

CLADmag
2/2019

project baltia
4/2018-1/2019

EUmiesaward 19
2019

Metszet
4/2019

Licht
5/2019

Detail Structure
2/2019

Plan Libre
#166, 2019

C3
#401, 2019

Wood in Construction – 25 Cases of Nordic Good Practice
2019

Architectural Record
3/2019

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
1/2019

Bauwelt
5/2019

wettbewerbe aktuell
3/2019

deutsche bauzeitung
3/2019

Frame
#127, 2019

Betoni
1/2019

Lasin maailma
1/2019

prointerior
1/2019

Danmarks biblioteker
#1, 2019

Abitare
#581, 2019

Blueprint
#362, 2019

C3 Special – Infrastructure
#6, 2018

Projektiuutiset
6/2018

Teräsrakenne
4/2018

Arredamento Mimarlik
2/2018

Young Visionaries
2018

Project Baltia
4/2017-1/2018

Mind-Building
2018

Landscape Design
#2, 2018

C3 Special
#2, 2018

spaces of culture and art. Edition 1:100
2018

Architecture + Design
3/2018

Deco Journal
Vol. 270, 1/2018

Project Baltia
2-3/2017

Nordic Architects – Global Impacts
2017

Scandinavian Traveler
Dec 2017 / Jan 2018

prointerior
5/2017

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
5/2017

The Building of Finland
2017

Kauppalehti Optio
15/2017

Projektiuutiset
4/2017

The Modern Sauna and Related Facilities, 2nd edition
2017

Baroque Magic and its reflections
2017

Wood
2017

the best interiors
#23, 2016

prointerior
3-4/2016

Maailmanympärimatka Helsingissä – suurlähetystöt ja niiden historia
2016

db deutsche bauzeitung
5/2016

Finnish Architecture – Biennial Review 2016
2016

Forty and Famous – 10 Interviews with Successful Young European Architects
2016

Bühnentechnische Rundschau
2/2016

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
2/2016

Projektiuutiset
2/2016

A10 Magazine
#68, 2016

Prointerior
1/2016

Form
1/2016

Projektiuutiset
6/2015

Avotakka Tyyliopas
fall 2015

Åpent Rom
#2, 2015

NISHA Magazine
10/2015

Blueprint
#340, 2015

wettbewerbe aktuell
6/2015

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
2/2015

A10 Magazine
#62, 2015

Atlas of European Architecture
2015

Esquisses
winter 2014-2015

A10 Magazine
#61, 2015

100 Architects of the
Year 2014
2014

Project Baltia
3/2014

L’Architecture d’Aujourdhui
#402, 2014

Avotakka Design
2014

Library Architecture + Design
2014

Teräsrakenne
3/2014

a+a
7/2014

Suomi Seven – Emerging Architects from Finland
2014

A10 Magazine
#58, 2014

Details
#36, 2014

Project Baltia
4/2013-1/2014

Axis
#168, 2014

Detail
1/2014

Finnish Design Yearbook 2014-2015
2014

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
6/2013

Brutus
12/15, 2013

Architecture Technique
6/2013

Architecture Now! 9
2013

wettbewerbe aktuell
11/2013

Frame
#94, 2013

Sten
10/2013

wettbewerbe aktuell
8/2013

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
4/2013

A10 Magazine
#53, 2013

Project Baltia
#19, 2013

Light Houses: Young Nordic Architecture
2013

DBZ Deutsche BauZeitschrift
11/2012

Biennale Architettura 2012 Common Ground
2013

New Nordic Architecture & Identity
2012

The Hout Blad
5/2012

Frame
7-8/2012

Concept
#157, 2012

Arkitekten (Sweden)
7/2012

MARK
#39, 2012

Arkitekten (Denmark)
7/2012

Detail
6/2012

Metropolis Magazine
6/2012

A10 Magazine
#44, 2012

Auditoria
#18, 2012

Finnish Architecture 1011
2012

Seven connections – ikkuna suomalaiseen nykyarkkitehtuuriin
2012

Arkitektur N
4/2012

wettbewerbe aktuell
3/2012

World Architecture
3/2012

AMC Le Moniteur Architecture
2/2012

Taide & Design
2/2012

Bühnentechnische Rundschau
1/2012

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
1/2012

Form
6/2011

l’ARCA
#264, 2010

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
1/2010

Arquitectura & Construcao
11/2009

We are Helsinki/HDW Magazine
10/2009

Concept
#125, 2009

Newly Drawn: Emerging Finnish Architects
2009

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
3/2009

Wallpaper Architects Directory
2009

Architect Magazine
10/2008

Forum AID
1/2008

Project Baltia
#1, 2007

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
5/2007

A10 Magazine
#16, 2007

Of Arch
#96, 2007

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
3/2007

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
2/2007

Mark
5/2006

Wallpaper
3/2006

wettbewerbe aktuell
9/2006

wettbewerbe aktuell
4/2005

ARK The Finnish Architectural Review
2/2005

Forum, Quarterly Review of Nordic Architecture and Design
2/2005

Norske Arkitektkonkurranser
#396, 2005

MAJA Estonian Architectural Review
2/2004

Selected Exhibitions

2022
Shine Showcase,
Ljubljana, Slovenia

2022
Ex Libris: Architecture is a Sign,
Koszalin, Poland

2021
Architect@Work 2021,
Zürich, Switzerland

2021
In Scale – The World of Architectural Models,
Helsinki, Finland

2020-2021
Finnish Architecture – Biennial Review 2020,
Helsinki, Finland; Tampere, Finland

2020
Learning from le Learning Centre,
Lyon, France

2019-2020
What’s old, What’s new – EU Mies Award 2019,
Barcelona, Spain; Kharkiv, Ukraine; Brussels, Belgium; Nicosia, Cyprus; Leuven, Belgium; Vienna, Austria

2018
Nordic Urban Spaces,
Berlin, Germany

2018-2019
Finnish Architecture – Biennial Review 2018,
Helsinki, Finland; Jyväskylä, Finland; Oulu, Finland

2018-2022
Mind-Building,
Biennale architettura,
Venice, Italy; Helsinki, Finland; Washington DC, USA; Lohja, Finland; Seinäjoki, Finland; Vyborg, Russia

2017
Enter and Encounter,
Helsinki, Finland

2017
NORDIC – A Kaleidoscopic Journey through Architecture and Design,
Cologne, Germany; Hamburg, Germany

2017-2018
Echoes – 100 Years in Finnish Design and Architecture,
Warsaw, Poland; Bratislava, Slovakia; Budapest, Hungary; Prague, Czech Republic; Berlin, Germany

2016
In Therapy – Nordic Countries Face to Face,
Biennale architettura,
Venice, Italy

2016-2018
Finnish Architecture – Biennial Review 2016,
Helsinki, Finland; Jyväskylä, Finland; Tallinn, Estonia

2014-2015
Suomi Seven: Emerging Architects from Finland,
Frankfurt, Germany; Helsinki, Finland

2014-2015
Finland: Designed Environments,
Minneapolis, USA; Seattle, USA

2014
100 Architects of the Year 2014,
Gwangju, South Korea

2013-2014
Light Houses: Young Nordic Architecture,
Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden

2012
Importing Architecture,
Oslo, Norway

2012
Light Houses – Young Nordic Architecture & New Forms in Wood,
Biennale architettura, Venice, Italy

2012
New Nordic Architecture I,
Humlebaek, Denmark

2012-2014
The Nordic ID,
Moscow Architecture Biennale, Moscow, Russia; St Petersburg, Russia; Oslo, Norway; Norilsk, Russia; Riga, Latvia

2012-2013
Finnish Architecture 1011,
Helsinki, Finland; Guangzhou, China; Shanghai, China

 

2012
Material World,
Copenhagen, Denmark

2012
Seven Connections,
Helsinki, Finland; Shanghai, China

2011-2013
Eight Eights: The Future of the Urban Block,
Helsinki, Finland; Humlebaek, Denmark; Tallinn, Estonia; Riga, Latvia; Vilnius, Lithuania; Wroclaw, Poland

2010-2011
Let’s Talk about Houses: Between North and South, Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

2010
Finnish Architecture 0809,
Helsinki, Finland

2010
Young Finnish Architects,
Tianjin, China

2010
Tailwind – Helsinki Horizon 2030,
Helsinki, Finland

2009-2012
Newly Drawn: Emerging Finnish Architects,
Madrid, Spain; Stockholm, Sweden; Shenzhen, China; New York, USA; Tallinn, Estonia

2009
Open City: Designing Co-existence, International Architecture Biennale,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2007
Finnische Architektur,
Berlin, Germany

2005
IDE2005 Innovation & Design Expo,
Hong Kong, China