Published in 2/2021 - Tradition and Renewal

Offices

Wood City Supercell

Anttinen Oiva Architects

Architects Selina Anttinen, Vesa Oiva, Teemu Halme
Location Jätkäsaarenlaituri 1, Helsinki
Gross area 13 000 m2
Completion 2021

The eight-storey office building in Helsinki’s Jätkäsaari district holds the record for being the largest in Finland when measured in the quantity of wood used. → ”New Wooden Grounds”

Photos Tuomas Uusheimo, Mika Huisman

  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
  • © Mika Huisman
  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
  • © AOA / Jussi Kalliopuska
  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
  • Asuinkerrostalot. © Kuvatoimisto Kuvio Oy / Anders Portman

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