Studio Joanna Laajisto transforms Helsinki bread factory into Bob the Robot’s office

November 4, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Studio Joanna Laajisto has created an office for a Finnish advertising agency inside a bread factory with six-metre-high ceilings, in Helsinki. Spread across an old bread factory with six-metre-high ceilings and 1,500 sqaure metres of floor space, the office is divided in to public and private areas. The agency, named Bob the Robot, wanted the office

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Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects plans cluster of triangular smart skyscrapers for Helsinki

October 12, 2018 India Block 0

Triangle-shaped towers fitted with smart technology form the centre of Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects competition-winning masterplan for Helsinki. The local architecture firm’s development was chosen as the winning entry in the contest to execute a phased development of high-density mixed-use towers in Helsinki’s Pasila district, north of the city centre. Named Trigoni for the three-sided plans of

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Coloured curtains contrast against white walls at Artek’s Helsinki headquarters

October 3, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

SevilPeach has designed the headquarters for Finnish furniture brand Artek, with vivid theatre-style curtains and pale surfaces serving as a backdrop for its collection of minimalist tables and chairs. The office occupies the fourth floor of a converted 19th-century apartment building along Mannerheimite, a major street in central Helsinki. Measuring 470 square metres, the space’s internal

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Explore Amos Rex and its inaugural exhibition by TeamLab in 360-degree videos

September 19, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Take a tour of the recently opened Amos Rex art museum by JKMM Architects and the opening exhibition by Japanese art collective TeamLab in this pair of 360-degree videos filmed by Dezeen in Helsinki. Amos Rex, which opened last month, is a renovation of the Lasipalatsi, a functionalist building from the 1930s. JKMM Architects upgraded the structure and added a set of

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“With Amos Rex, Helsinki shows you don’t need to import a brand to get cultural prestige”

August 31, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

Helsinki’s new art museum Amos Rex proves that importing an international brand, like the Guggenheim, isn’t the only way to create a blockbuster tourist attraction, argues Dezeen deputy editor Tom Ravenscroft. The arrival of the impressive Amos Rex art museum in Helsinki has vindicated the city’s decision to reject the Guggenheim franchise. An expansion of

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Farm-to-table cooking informs natural colour palette of Maannos restaurant in Helsinki

August 28, 2018 Natasha Levy 0

Finnish designer Laura Seppänen applied earthy tones throughout this restaurant in Helsinki to reflect the menu’s focus on locally sourced ingredients. Maannos kitchen and bar – located to the south of the city centre – offers diners a seasonal menu of largely vegetable-based dishes, using produce that has been almost exclusively grown in Finland. When

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Amos Rex’s bulging underground galleries create playful landscape in Helsinki plaza

August 27, 2018 Tom Ravenscroft 0

JKMM Architects designed a series of domed subterranean galleries for the soon-to-open Amos Rex museum in Helsinki, which bubble up through the ground to create a playful outdoor landscape. The Helsinki-based practice renovated Lasipalatsi, a functionalist 1930s building in the Finnish capital, to provide a new home for the former Amos Anderson Art Museum, now called Amos Rex.

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A Homelike Office Interior Was Designed For This Company In Finland

March 20, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Okko Oinonen   Interior design company dSign Vertti Kivi & Co., have recently completed new offices for Reaktor, a design and technology company based in Helsinki, Finland. The interior designers were tasked with creating an office environment that would make the premises be as comfortable as a home.   Photography by Okko Oinonen The design of […]

A Homelike Office Interior Was Designed For This Company In Finland

March 20, 2018 Erin 0

Photography by Okko Oinonen   Interior design company dSign Vertti Kivi & Co., have recently completed new offices for Reaktor, a design and technology company based in Helsinki, Finland. The interior designers were tasked with creating an office environment that would make the premises be as comfortable as a home.   Photography by Okko Oinonen The design of […]

Note Design Studio redesigns historic mid-century restaurant in Helsinki

January 26, 2018 Ali Morris 0

Stockholm-based Note Design Studio has renovated a 1950s restaurant in Helsinki, combining soft pink tones with a teak-lined scheme that honours the building’s modernist design. Located on the 10th floor of the historic Hotel Palace in the city’s Eteläranta harbour area, the restaurant’s revamped interiors feature teak veneer walls, dark teal carpet and custom-made trolleys inspired

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