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Vuosaari Bioenergy Heating Plant

Kivinen Rusanen Architects

Architects Tuomas Kivinen, Uros Kostic, Anna Blomqvist, Maija Hirvilammi
Location Käärmeniementie 6-8, Helsinki
Gross Area 16 535 m²
Completion 2024

The cool and stylish heating plant follows in the footsteps of modernist industrial architecture. Karita Rytivaara’s review → “Room for a Machine”

Photos Max Plunger

Published in 3 – 2025 - Suburbia

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