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Finnish Buildings : Architecture
Key Architectural Developments in Finland, Europe
post updated 22 Feb 2020
Buildings in Finland
We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Finnish Buildings. e-architect aim to include good quality interesting buildings from Finland. We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across Norway. The focus is on contemporary Finnish buildings.
We have 3 pages of Finnish Architecture selections.
Finnish Architecture : news + key projects
Finnish Buildings : A-K (this page)
Buildings in Finland – L-Z
Finnish Buildings
Finland Architecture – latest addiitons to this page, chronological:
Kuokkala Church, Jyväskylä
Design: Lassila Hirvilammi Architects
photograph : Jussi Tianen / Mikko Auerniitty
Kuokkala Church
The wish of the Parish of Jyväskylä was to build “a church that looks like a church”. Our proposal was a simple, sculptural form within which all of the church’s different functions could be contained. The design is “of our time”, yet permeated with nods to and re-interpretations of church-building tradition.
The east-west oriented building stands centrally on Kuokkala Square, the focal point of Jyväskylä’s Kuokkala district. The church is roofed and clad in overlapping slate tiles, and wooden and copper details around the entrances supplement the overall visual aspect.
E2 Competition, Kouvola
Design: BIG + others
image from architects
E2 Competition Finland
To meet the increasingly stringent environmental requirements of Finnish industrialized construction, the E2 Ecology & Economy timber development competition aims to find a conceptual design solution for large-scale production of wooden multi-story buildings. A 15.000 m2 prefabricated wooden development in Kouvola, Finland will serve as a showcase for replicable and locally adaptable cost- and energy efficient housing. BIG’s proposal PUU-BO is one of two winning entries of the two-staged invited competition totaling 26 international proposals, which included wood construction specialists Hermann Kaufmann from Austria and wood producer Finnforest among many others.
Contemporary Architecture in Finland
Building Designs in Finland, alphabetical:
Chapel of St.Lawrence, Vantaa
Design: Avanto Arkkitehdit Ltd
photo : Kuvio.com
Chapel of St Lawrence
Four-cornered villa, Virrat, central Finland
Design: Avanto Architects
photo : Kuvio.com
Four-cornered villa
Gösta Contemporary Art Museum, Mänttä
Design: MX SI
image by architects
Finnish Design Contest
Hanko Ice Cream Kiosk, Helsinki
Design: Wood program 2007: Satoshi Ohtaki et al
picture from architect
Hanko Ice Cream Kiosk
Helsinki Seafarers’ Centre
Design: ARK-house Architects
photograph : Jussi Tiainen
Helsinki Seafarers’ Centre
Hollola Library
Design: Arkkitehdit NRT
image from architect
Hollola Library
House Moby Dick, Espoo
Arkkitehdit NRT
photo from architect
House Moby Dick
Kamppi chapel of silence, Helsinki
Design: K2S Architects
render from architect
Kamppi Chapel
Katajanokka Housing
Arkkitehdit NRT
picture from architect
Katajanokka Housing
Kiasma Art Museum, Helsinki
Design: Steven Holl Architects
drawing Courtesy Steven Holl
Finnish Modern Art Gallery
Korona information centre, Helsinki
Design: ARK-house Architects
photograph from architect
Viikki Infocentre Koruna
Kupla, Helsinki
Design: Ville Hara / Wood Studio workshop
photo : Jussi Tiainen
Kupla
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Finnish Buildings – No Images
Aalto House, Helsinki
1935-36
Alvar Aalto Architect
Ainola – Villa for Jean Sibelius
1904
Lars Sonck
Church of the Good Shephered, extension & conversion, Helsinki
2005
Leiviskä Architects
ENTER – secondary school and vocational training college, Sipoo
2009
K2S Architects LTD
Finlandia Hall, Helsinki
1962/1967-75
Alvar Aalto Architect
Finnish Parliament Extension, Helsinki
2005
Helin & Co Architects
FMO Tapiola office building, Tapiola
–
Helin & Co. Architects
Helsinki Railway Station
1904-14/19
Saarinen, Gesellius, & Lindgren
Helsinki University of Technology, Otaniemi, Espoo, west Helsinki
1949-76
Alvar Aalto Architect
Helsinki Waterfront Hotel
2008-10
Herzog & de Meuron
Hiekkahovi Conference and Holiday Facility, Sotkamo
2005
Architect Office Jukka Koivula
House, Espoo
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Jyrki Tasa
Imatra church – Church of the Three Crosses
1956-58
Alvar Aalto Architect
Jyväskylä University, Jyväskylä, central Finland
1954-56
Alvar Aalto Architect
Kaleva Church, Tampere, central Finland
1964-66
Reima and Raili Pietilä
photo : Adrian Welch
Architecture Competition: 1959
Kallio church, Kallio, Helsinki
1908-12
Lars Sonck
Kamppi Centre, Helsinki
2007
Helin & Co Architects
Kärsämäki shingle church, Kärsämäki
2005
Anssi Lassila – Lassila Hirvilammi Architects
Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum, Helsinki
1993-98
Design: Steven Holl Architects
Kuhmo Cultural Centre
–
Heikkinen & Komonen
Kuopio Church
–
Juha Leiviskä
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Location: Finland, northeast Europe
Architecture in Finland
Helsinki Buildings
photo : City of Helsinki
Helsinki Architecture Walking Tours
photo : City of Helsinki
Alvar Aalto – Finnish Architect
Finnish Architect – Eero Saarinen
Scanned images from architecture tour of Finland in 1990:
Modern Finnish Architecture:
building photo © Adrian Welch
Turku buildings:
building photos © Adrian Welch
Website: visit Finland
Buildings / photos for the Finnish Buildings page welcome
