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JKMM and ILO architects extend Helsinki's Cable Factory with metal-clad dance centre

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A large steel-clad cube encloses the Dance House in Helsinki , which local architecture studios JKMM and ILO architects have created by converting and extending part of a former cable factory. JKMM and ILO architects have created the Dance House. Read: JKMM incorporates industrial structures into University of the Arts Helsinki.

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White Arkitekter and K2S Architects set to revitalise Helsinki's Makasiiniranta waterfront

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Studios White Arkitekter and K2S Architects are set to turn an underutilised area alongside Helsinki harbour into a cultural precinct incorporating several historic buildings. It has the potential to revitalise the whole of downtown Helsinki.". I believe Makasiiniranta is a far bigger project than purely its footprint.

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Finnish ‘Architect of Light’ Juha Ilmari Leiviskä Passes Away at 87

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Portrait from 1999 (from the long-time office of Vilhelm Helander, Juha Leiviskä Architects). Image Courtesy of Juha Leiviskä Archive Juha Ilmari Leiviskä, one of Finland´s foremost architects recognized for his design of light-filled poetic spaces, passed away on November 9, 2023, at the age of 87.

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MASSLab + AFRY Ark Studio win Helsinki competition to redevelop former train factory site

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MASSLab + AFRY Ark Studio have been announced as the winner of the Finnish Train Factory Mixed-Use Competition, a program that sought proposals for the development of Helsinki’s historic, yet emerging, Pasila Machine Shop Area.

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Dance House Helsinki by JKMM Architects

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Finland’s first landmark designed for dance opened at the Cable Factory Cultural Centre in Helsinki downtown area in spring 2022. Dance Begins The building is a significant remodelling and extension of Helsinki’s former cable factory. Source by JKMM Architects. Photo © Tuomas Uusheimo.

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How Two Helsinki Architects Transformed a Parking Lot Into a Paradise for Pollinators

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According to self-described environmental architects Elina Koivisto and Maiju Suomi, that’s no way to live. Positioned between the Design Museum and the Museum for Finnish Architecture in Helsinki, the Alusta Pavilion by Suomi/Koivisto Architects is a roughly 2,100-square-foot parklet for plants, pollinators, and people.

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Dance House Helsinki by JKMM Architects | Theatres

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The impressive new building and renovated premises in the old parts of the Cable Factory cultural center are designed by JKMM Architects in collaboration with fellow Finnish practice, ILO architects. <p>The Dance House project is a long-awaited milestone in the history of Finnish performing arts.

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