Radisson Blu Plaza was featured in the first ever issue of Z Lifestyle Magazine.

The hotel has already received the TripAdvisor’s Trallers’ Choice Award for 2013 and has been recommended by the Michelin Guide.

Villa TT was finished in 2002. The well thought details and innovative structure make it a relevant building even today.

Villa TT applies traditional Kainuu region wood building with methods of contemporary architecture. The holiday house is composed of two parts. One part of the building is a log structure, the other is board-and-batten clad. The client 's ambition was a holiday house employing traditional materials.

The building uses a custom "hung" log structure, which is a contemporary interpretation of a traditional vertical log structure. This has enabled the use of large glazed surfaces below the log frame.

More information and pictures can be found from the project page.

According to a new law here in Finland everyone working at a construction site must have an identity card with their picture and personal info. Archeus ordered the identity cards from a design studio called YO ZEN.

We wanted our cards to be different and stylish. The cards are made of walnut veneer and matt white acrylic.

Together the badges form a three dimensional honeycomb of individual blocks.

The renovation for the suites in Sokos Hotel Vaakuna, Rovaniemi is now complete! We visited the renovated suites and the atmosphere was very warm and intimate.

The colour scale ranges from violet to orange. The inspiration for the colours in the suite came from Finnish berries: blueberry and cloudberry.

The dark tiles combined with the gold in the textiles create a luxurious athmosphere in the suite bathroom.

Also the rental sauna was completely renovated.

More information and pictures can be found from the project page.

Sauna Karhi is a project that was finished in 1996. It is a very small sauna building with a strong identity. The sauna building has a lot of character and it is very atmospheric. The building has been published widely internationally and it has won the Editor´s Selection, Emerging Architecture ar + d award in 2000.

Although Sauna Karhi was finished 17 years ago the architecture is still fresh and current.

See more pictures and information about Sauna Karhi at the project page.

We are planning an addition to an old Karjasilta house. Karjasilta is an area close to Oulu city centre, and the houses there are wooden post-war buildings. In this addition we are using color contrasted wood and printed glass as material. Between the old part and the new there is a see through part made of glass. The stairs to the second floor are also located in this part. The construction of this house will start in February.

The glazed terrace increases the living space. The printed glass makes the space more intimate.

Mixture of black, white and glass.