With Lieto Church, Architects Were Given a Task Not Undertaken in Finland for a Century

The renewed and extended medieval stone church of Lieto tests the most unshakable foundations of architectural heritage thinking, writes Panu Savolainen.

Text Panu Savolainen

The new section, the Bread Room, is built in the northeast corner of the Lieto Church. It emulates the exterior shape of the adjacent original sacristy. The copper cladding blends it into the church’s exterior architecture. Photo: Antti Partanen

Lieto Church Renovation and Extension
Architecturestudio NOAN / Lassi Viitanen, Caspar Åkerblom
Location Kirkkotie 14, Lieto
Gross Area 615 m²
Completion 2024
Old Building around 1470

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Published in 5 – 2025 - New Visions

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