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Published in 4/2025 - Modern Heritage

Religion

Myyrmäki Church Renovation

ARCO

Architects Minerva Ahokanto, Riikka Hautala, Jari Heikkinen
Location Uomatie 1, Vantaa
Gross Area 3 246 m2
Completion 2024
Original Building Juha Leiviskä 1984 (Arkkitehti 8/1985)

Myyrmäki Church, considered Juha Leiviskä’s magnus opus, underwent a major renovation in which the ambience in the most central spaces was preserved. Read Jonas Malmberg’s review → “New Lease of Life for an Architectural Gem”

Photos Mika Huisman

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