Our Design Phi­los­o­phy

The guid­ing light of our design phi­los­o­phy is analy­sis. Our exper­tise com­bines the state of the art in archi­tec­tur­al think­ing with con­fi­dence forged in the fires of expe­ri­ence. Our archi­tects’ exper­tise in dif­fer­ent fun­da­men­tal solu­tions and abil­i­ty to inno­v­a­tive­ly mod­i­fy them to meet the require­ments of the task are part of the basic pro­fes­sion­al skillset in our team. Con­ven­tion­al solu­tions don’t belong in our rou­tine unless they solve the prob­lem at hand in the best pos­si­ble way.

We’re always look­ing for ways to pro­vide the best pos­si­ble val­ue for the client's mon­ey. At the same time, we uphold the ideals of social val­ues and invig­o­rat­ing archi­tec­ture. In each project, we wish to bring about the added val­ue of joy – for the users of the premis­es as well as the res­i­dents in the area.

Val­ue for mon­ey – always

A func­tion­al and beau­ti­ful build­ing will meet the expec­ta­tions of the client, the user and the sur­round­ing soci­ety. By weigh­ing a range of options, we will find a solu­tion we all – the client, the con­struc­tion com­pa­ny, and the archi­tects – can all stand behind with pride. We have the skills – at stay­ing with­in the bud­get as well.

Top-quality, economically viable architecture is not a contradiction in terms.

Our mode of oper­a­tion

The dif­fi­cult turns of a com­plex con­struc­tion project can be suc­cess­ful­ly han­dled through com­mu­nica­tive coop­er­a­tion. We are read­i­ly avail­able to client rep­re­sen­ta­tives and end users and always pre­pared to find solu­tions.

Mate­ri­al­i­ties

We take great care with choic­es of mate­ri­als in our design work. The spir­it of a build­ing comes togeth­er when the right mate­ri­als are in the right places; this gives rise to how space is expe­ri­enced phys­i­cal­ly and emo­tion­al­ly. In mate­ri­als, we favor usabil­i­ty, life­cy­cle sus­tain­abil­i­ty, local­i­ty and sym­bol­ic val­ues. For some rea­son, wood con­struc­tion speaks to us intense­ly.

Respon­si­ble Design

Archi­tec­ture is sup­posed to improve its sur­round­ings. We feel a respon­si­bil­i­ty for the sur­round­ing nature, the built envi­ron­ment and the res­i­dents of the area. The envi­ron­men­tal impact of a project is always con­sid­ered in our design work. Sus­tain­able and eco­log­i­cal archi­tec­ture must, of course, favor solu­tions that aim to reduce the impact of cli­mate change, but we also want to pay atten­tion to how our designs affect their local envi­ron­ments.

Architecture is labor for equality. Whether living in Inari or Espoo, we all deserve good spaces and environment.

Awards and Recog­ni­tion

The Fin­land Prize 2018
The Fin­land Prize is award­ed by the Min­istry of Edu­ca­tion and Cul­ture in recog­ni­tion of a dis­tin­guished artis­tic achieve­ment.

Wood Award 2018, nom­i­na­tions in 2021 and 2013 
Award­ed by Puuin­fo for high-qual­i­ty wood­en archi­tec­ture.

Fin­lan­dia Prize for Archi­tec­ture nom­i­nee 2018
Award­ed by the Finnish Asso­ci­a­tion of Archi­tects

Exem­plary Build­ing Project 2022
Award­ed by RIA (the asso­ci­a­tion of civ­il engi­neers’ and archi­tects) Cen­tral Fin­land.

Best Con­struc­tion Project in North­ern Fin­land 2017
Award­ed annu­al­ly by the Con­struc­tion Indus­try Coop­er­a­tion Group

Com­pe­ti­tion suc­cess

Alakylä School's A-build­ing 2023 
1st prize in the Invi­ta­tion­al Com­pe­ti­tion

PSOAS Uno 2016
1st prize in the Invi­ta­tion­al Com­pe­ti­tion

Rajal­ta koti­in 2016 – a com­pe­ti­tion seek­ing solu­tions for asy­lum seek­er hous­ing
Hon­ourable men­tion in the open com­pe­ti­tion

Devel­op­ment of a ser­vice home for the elder­ly 2008
1st prize in the open com­pe­ti­tion

The Finnish pavil­ion at Shang­hai World Expo 2008
Hon­ourable men­tion in the open com­pe­ti­tion

Parhaas­sa seuras­sa