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Published in 4/2021 - Housing

Housing

Sompasaari Block

Anttinen Oiva Architects

Architects Selina Anttinen, Vesa Oiva, Karoliina Hautalahti, Sara Siivonen
Location Kapteeni Sundmanin katu 1, Helsinki
Gross Area 20 350 m2
Completion 2021

The residential block in Sompasaari is one of the more successful dense perimeter blocks that expand Helsinki’s urban centre, writes Kristo Vesikansa in his commentary → ”Squares and Slices”

Photos Tuomas Uusheimo, Mika Huisman

  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
  • © Mika Huisman
  • © Mika Huisman
  • © Mika Huisman
  • © Mika Huisman
  • © Tuomas Uusheimo
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