Place your bets: The shortlist for the 2015 Finlandia Prize for architecture has been announced
This is only the second year that the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA) awards the Finlandia Prize for Architecture, but the distinction has already been gathering pace. The coveted prize, whose first ever recipients were Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects for their copper and glass-clad Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, has just announced its highly anticipated 2015 shortlist.
Five projects have been nominated for the award: the Kangasala Arts Centre by Heikkinen-Komonen Architects; the Merenkulkijanranta residential block in Lauttasaari, Helinski by Architects NRT; OKOBANK office building in Vallila, Helsinki by JKMM Architects; the Opinmaki school complex in Espoo by Esa Ruskeepaa Architects; and the Puukuokka block of flats in the suburb of Kuokkala in Jyvaskyla by OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture.
Presented to a new or renovation project that excels in the field of architecture and design, the Finlandia Prize honours great architecture in Finland - be it by a local or foreign practice - and great Finnish architecture abroad.
Promoting high quality architecture in the country, this is a shortlist of some of Finland's best architectural additions of the past three years. The winner will be announced later this year.
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Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and studied architectural history at the Bartlett in London. Now an established journalist, she has been a member of the Wallpaper* team since 2006, visiting buildings across the globe and interviewing leading architects such as Tadao Ando and Rem Koolhaas. Ellie has also taken part in judging panels, moderated events, curated shows and contributed in books, such as The Contemporary House (Thames & Hudson, 2018), Glenn Sestig Architecture Diary (2020) and House London (2022).
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