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Published in 1/2024 - The Heart of the City

Infrastructure

Helsinki Senate Square Lighting Poles

Futudesign

Designers Iikka Airas, Auvo Lindroos, Teemu Seppänen
Location Helsinki
Completion 2023

The lighting poles in Helsinki’s Senate Square have been designed with exceptional attention to detail, even though no one is actually supposed to notice them. Read Essi Oikarinen’s review → “Hidden in Plain Sight”

Photos Marc Goodwin, Iikka Airas, Kuvatoimisto Kuvio

© Iikka Airas
© Iikka Airas
© Marc Goodwin
© Marc Goodwin
© Iikka Airas
© Kuvatoimisto Kuvio

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