Month: september 2018

Metsä Group's Pro Nemus visitor centre, a showcase of wood building expertise and industrial wood building products, was opened at the beginning of June in the Äänekoski factory area. The visitor centre is a true example of wood architecture: the all-wood building is a collaboration between the designer and industry to find ready-made solutions that are suitable for industrial construction but do not tie the hands of the architect. For UKI Architects Ltd, who designed the visitor centre, the work follows on from a previous design for a bioproducts plant. -...

Siparila Oy, which operates in Vaajakoski, Parkano and Kajaani, has been awarded the Design from Finland label for its long-term design work in wood paneling.Since the early 2000s, Siparila has used architects and later designers to design its wood panels and has developed products made of Finnish wood that are used to bring comfort and warmth to corporate offices, hotel rooms and cafés. When the development of the panels began, the time was not right for wood interiors. The...