Gullkronan Senior Housing

Huttunen-Lipasti Architects

Architects Risto Huttunen, Gunilla Björkqvist, Uula Kohonen
Location Mannerheimintie 95, Helsinki
Gross Area 11 529 m²
Completion 2018

Read the review by Jonas Malmberg: ”Yellow-Brick Landmark”

Photos Tuomas Uusheimo

Published in 3 – 2019 - Living

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