From Wood to Architecture
(Rating 4/5)
ISBN: 952-5195-20-1
Language: Finnish/English
Publisher: MFA
From Wood to Architecture presents 17 projects from around Finland which use wood in different ways. Wood is perhaps the fundamental building material of Finnish architecture and recently has enjoyed a new life being used more and more again not only in traditional ways but also as this book shows in modern uses as a tecnical product, eg glulam beams, cladding or premade insulated panels, and the projects here show off almost all of these uses in recent Finnish Architecture. The exhibition, accompanying the book runs for only a few more days but the book adds four well written essays about wood more on which I will write another time. The book is excellent with the summer houses and the Kärsämäki wooden church in particular the pick of them.
Note I can’t locate this book for sale at amazon.co.uk or .com. Go to mfa website to order, the text is both in english and finnish.
photos of exhibition and press photos below (here for full size)
For a full list of the 17 projects see below….
as follows (architect, project name, location, year of completion):
Kimmo Lintula and Hannu Tikka:
Sibelius Hall concert and congress centre, Lahti, 2000
Kari Järvinen and Merja Nieminen:
Laajasalo church, Helsinki, 2003
Anssi Lassila:
Kärsämäki wooden church, Kärsämäki, 2004
Reijo Jallinoja:
Kierikki stone age centre, Yli-Ii, 2001
Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen:
Juminkeko centre of Carelian culture, Kuhmo, 1999
Claudia Auer and Niklas Sandås:
Department of architecture annex, Oulu, 2003
Ville Hara:
Korkeasaari lookout tower, Helsinki, 2002
Niko Sirola:
Cafe Carbon, Helsinki, 2000
Mikko Kaira:
Misteli day care centre, Vantaa, 1996
Jyrki Tasa:
House Into, Espoo, 1998
Kristian Gullichsen:
Holiday home Gullichsen, Hiittinen, 1993
Olavi Koponen:
Villa Långbo, Kemiö, 1994-2000
Erkki Kairamo and Aulikki Jylhä:
Villa Aulikki, Hiittinen, 1995-2003
Ulla Rahola:
Interior restoration of St. Olaf’s Church in Tyrvää, Vammala, 2003
Matti Sanaksenaho
St. Henry’s Ecumenical Art Chapel, Turku, 2005
Antti-Matti Siikala
The Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu, 2004
Hannele Grönlund
Studio Silja Rantanen, Karjaa, 2001