The Low2No Competition for an energy- and innovation block in Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, is shifting from ideas to implementation. The five international teams, selected out of 74 applicants to take part in the competition last May, have delivered their competition proposals during the summer. The competition results were…

“AIKI”, the entry by Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Ltd, has taken first prize in the architectural competition arranged by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for the Finnish Embassy building in Tokyo. The winner was announced by Mikko Paaso, Director for Real Estates, at an…

Paris-based Beckmann-N’Thépé architects have been announced to build Helsinki’s new Korkeassari Zoo in collaboration with TN+ landscape designers. In collaboration with TN+ landscape designers, the architects conceived an intelligent rehabilitation of the zoological island of Korkeassari from the circulation in the different biozones to the construction of a contemporary entrance…

The tenth Alvar Aalto Medal has been awarded to the Danish architectural practice Tegnestuen Vandkunsten. Representatives of the team received the award yesterday at the headquarters of the Social Insurance Institution of Finland (KELA) designed by Alvar Aalto. This is the first time that the Alvar Aalto Medal was awarded…

The recipient of the international Spirit Of Nature Wood Architecture Award 2008 is architect José Cruz Ovalle from Chile. Amounting to 40,000 euros, the award is given by the Wood in Culture Association. “José Cruz Ovalle is an…