{"id":16,"date":"2024-12-09T10:31:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T08:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rudanko-kankkunen.com\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-03-16T11:17:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T09:17:57","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rudanko-kankkunen.com\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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About<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div>
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We are a nible architectural practice based in Helsinki, Finland. The company is founded in 2010 by our partners, Hilla Rudanko and Anssi Kankkunen, with a strong international experience from Herzog & de Meuron Architects in Basel, ETH in Z\u00fcrich and Columbia University in NYC. Our studio has been successful in architectural competitions internationally, and we work with clients from all over the world. We work on different scales of architecture from small homes to large urban design tasks. Our main goal is to create a holistic vision for every client, be it a small or a large design task. Our special focus lies in public buildings, learning environments and urban infill projects.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Our method of design is participatory: we listen to our clients and work together. We have also developed participatory design methods as part of the Finnish Uusi Kaupunki Design collective (uusi-kaupunki.fi). We always strive to make our architecture sustainable and in harmony with the surrounding environment. We also believe in multi-disciplinary collaboration: best architecture happens in multitalented teams. This is why we have built a strong collaboration network with colleagues, engineers, developers, and users of our buildings.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Awards<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>
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2026<\/strong><\/td>Hyyti\u00e4l\u00e4 Forestry field station, EUmies Awards nominee<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/strong><\/td>Hyyti\u00e4l\u00e4 Forestry field station, nomination for Finlandia prize of Architecture<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/strong><\/td>Namika Arena, Concrete Facade \u2013 Architecture prize, 1st prize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/strong><\/td>Strongest in Finland Platinum -certificate, awarded for excellent credit rating for 10 consecutive years<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/strong><\/td>Helsinki South Harbour international quality and concept competition, 3rd prize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/strong><\/td>Sara Hild\u00e9n Art Museum, open competition shared 3rd prize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/strong><\/td>Nihti Kindergarten, mini competition 1st prize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/strong><\/td>Vanhainen Kindergarten, mini competition 1st prize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/strong><\/td>Hyyti\u00e4l\u00e4 Forestry Field Station, 1st prize (in association with Siklatilat)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/strong><\/td>Sammontalo School Centre, Open competition 2nd Prize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/strong><\/td>Sipoonlahti School Centre, Invited competition 1st Prize (in association with AFKS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/strong><\/td>Smart School Irkutsk, International invited competition 2nd Prize (in association with Studio Puisto)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/strong><\/td>Alanko School Centre, Invited competition, 1st Prize (in association with Aarne von Boehm)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/strong><\/td>Boathouse Maijaniitty, shortlisted for the Finnish Wood Award<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/strong><\/td>Ruusut recognition of The Finnish Society Of Urban Planning, for Uusi Kaupunki collective<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/strong><\/td>Aurinkokivi School, Vantaa, Finland, Open competition purchase prize<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/strong><\/td>Opinm\u00e4ki School, Espoo, Finland, Open competition honorary mention<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Publications<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Prointerior 3\/2024<\/a><\/h2>

Villa S\u00e4rkiniemi presented in a Finnish magazine of spatial design<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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FinnArc 2<\/a><\/h2>

A selection of our work presented in the Yearbook of Finnish architecture 2024<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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Betoni 4\/2023<\/a><\/h2>

Namika Arena presented in the Finnish magazine of concrete construction.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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Arkkitehti 4\/2023<\/a><\/h2>

Hyyti\u00e4l\u00e4 forestry field station presented in the leading Finnish Architectural Magazine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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Puu-lehti 1\/2023<\/a><\/h2>

Halkosuontie School presented in the Finnish Wood Magazine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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Puu-lehti 1\/2019<\/a><\/h2>

Trekoli presented in the Finnish Wood Magazine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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Arkkitehti 1\/2019<\/a><\/h2>

Trekoli\u00a0presented in the leading Finnish Architectural Magazine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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AV Monograf\u00edas 152<\/a><\/h2>

La Escuela Global, nr. 152 (2011).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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Edition DETAIL<\/a><\/h2>

Building Simply Two. Institut f\u00fcr internationale Architektur-Dokumentation GmbH &Co. 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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Vitamin Green<\/a><\/h2>

Book by Phaidon Press, London. 2012. Sra Pou vocational school presented.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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Arkkitehti 2\/2013<\/a><\/h2>

Ateljee Heikkil\u00e4 presented in the leading Finnish Architectural Magazine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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Think Global, Build Social<\/a><\/h2>

Exhibition at Deutsches Architekturmuseum and Architekturmuseum Wien in 2013. Sra Pou vocational school presented.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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Casabella (IT) 832 (12\/2013)<\/a><\/h2>

Architects under 30 for the 85th anniversary of Casabella.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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BRICK 2014<\/a><\/h2>

Wienerberger \/ Callwey Press. 2014. Sra Pou vocational school presented.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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Arkkitehti 1\/2015<\/a><\/h2>

Uusi Kaupunki Collective and Boathouse Maijaniitty presented in the leading Finnish Architectural Magazine.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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SUOMI SEVEN. Emerging architects from Finland<\/a><\/h2>

Exhibition at Deutsches Architekturmuseum in 2014 and Museum of Finnish Architecture in 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div>

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Learn for Life. New Architecture for New Learning<\/a><\/h2>

Gestalten, Berlin. 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/article> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rudanko-kankkunen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rudanko-kankkunen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rudanko-kankkunen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rudanko-kankkunen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rudanko-kankkunen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/rudanko-kankkunen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1480,"href":"https:\/\/rudanko-kankkunen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/1480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rudanko-kankkunen.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}