Finnish Architecture

Residential

Projects (166)

Brick apartment building with square window recesses and red roof.

Helsingin Muurarimestari

Avarrus Arkkitehdit, Helsinki 2024
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Meander

Steven Holl +1, Helsinki 2024
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Holiday Home in Ekenäs Archipelago

MNY Architects, Raasepori 2023
A small wooden cabin in the middle of a forest.

Vapunsaari Cabin

Playa Architects, Hirvensalmi 2021
An old stone building in the middle of a lush green field.

Pavilion II

Avarrus Arkkitehdit, Vantaa 2020
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Harkko Housing

ILO Architects, Helsinki 2019
A red apartment building with rectangular balconies.

Kaarlo Sarkian katu Housing

Playa Architects, Espoo 2020
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Munkkiniemen Kone

A6 Architects, Helsinki 2019
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Kirvesmiehenkatu 2 Social Housing

Heikkinen-Komonen Architects, Helsinki 2019
A square building with different shades of grey.

Villa Favre

Schauman & Nordgren Architects, Vaud, Switzerland 2020
A red wooden house

House V

Tuomas Siitonen, Helsinki 2021
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ABC Houses

Skammi Architects, Espoo 2022
A brown wooden house in an urban area

Villa Tervas

Kirsti Sivén & Asko Takala Architects, Kajaani 2018
A detached house surrounded by snow and trees.

House Pokrinniemi

Avanto Architects, Hämeenlinna 2022
Two square-shaped wooden huts are next to each other, surrounded by forest.

Cabin in Inkoo

Heikkinen-Komonen Architects, Inkoo 2021
A detached wooden house with a large green yard

Villa M

Anttinen Oiva Architects, Finland 2021
A large stone apartment building on a street corner.

Kaarlenkatu Housing

INARO, Helsinki 2023
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Liisankatu 14 Infill Apartment Buildings

Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Helsinki 2022
an apartment building with a grass yard

Valjaskortteli Housing Block

LUO Architects, Oulu 2022
A small apartment building with yellow balconies.

Seven Lives Housing

Anna & Eugeni Bach, Barcelona, Spain 2020
Group of dirrerent-coloured cabins on shoreline rocks

Majamaja Village for off-grid living

Littow architectes, Helsinki 2023
Two small-scale buildings in a park-like setting

Villa Koivikko

Aarne Ervi, Espoo 1958
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Puistonmäki Eldercare Home

Studio Puisto, Hämeenlinna 2020
Ground floor of an apartment building with yellow sun shades

Bredanportti Apartment Block

Playa Architects, Kauniainen 2020
Facade of a wooden terraced house.

Huopalahti Residential Barracks

Livady Architects, Helsinki 2024
2020 AOA ARCHITECTS, Sompasaari, Helsinki

Sompasaari Block

Anttinen Oiva Architects, Helsinki 2021
White building with glass balconies

Tapiolan Aino and Sampo Housing

Kirsi Korhonen and Mika Penttinen Architects, Espoo 2013
Large apartment building and blue sky

Isabella Housing in Jätkäsaari

Kirsi Korhonen and Mika Penttinen Architects, Helsinki 2021
The facades of a housing complex

Rantaharju and Rantamäki Housing

Kirsi Korhonen and Mika Penttinen Architects, Espoo 2011
Interior space of an apartment with a wood floor

Helsingin Sinisimpukka Housing

Kirsi Korhonen and Mika Penttinen Architects, Helsinki 2013
Wooden houses and grass

Helsingin Huvitus Housing

Kirsi Korhonen and Mika Penttinen Architects, Helsinki 2007
Inner courtyard with a tree in the centre. White old building with red door.

Punavuori Stables

Avarrus Arkkitehdit, Helsinki 1906
Dark-covered small building with a steep roof and glass door

Filmmaker's Hut

Pirinen & Salo, Iisalmi 2020
Wooden dark structure with faint sunlight creating a glare.

House Meteorite

Ateljé Sotamaa, Kontiolahti 2020
Row of wooden houses with large apartment building complex behind it. Grass field in front of wooden houses

Viikinmäki semi-detached housing

Kanttia2 Architects, Helsinki 2022
Ärjäsaari UUSI Kunnostettu Kallela kesalla 2021 Kuva Päivi Tervonen kopio EDIT

Ärjänsaari Holiday Cottages

Eino Pitkänen, Kajaani 1952
Photo of Villa Koskikara in the summertime.

Villa Koskikara

Eino Pitkänen, Kajaani 1941
The House portrayed from the lake in a blue winter light

House Y

Pirinen & Salo, Iisalmi 2016
Wooden facade surrounded by sunny,airy forest

Aurinkolinna House

Talli Architects, Espoo 2019
A frontal view of the row of facades over a square

Toritalo Housing

Jani Prunnila, Kotka 2019
Main entrance

Munkkiniemi Service Centre

Käpy and Simo Paavilainen Architects, Helsinki 1992
Gerby Västervik Homefor Elderly 2

Gerby-Västervik Home for Elderly

Vaasa 1986
Yard of the service centre

Juvakoti Service Centre

Kirsti Sivén & Asko Takala Architects, Juva 1991
View from the east

Foibe Service Centre

Heikkinen-Komonen Architects, Vantaa 1994
Street view

Ilmajoki Home for Elderly and Day Centre

8 Studio Architects, Ilmajoki 1993
A wooden detachde house in the forest, with a non-treated wood facade and light shining from the windows

MK5 House

ORTRAUM Architects, Helsinki 2018
Courtyard view of the housing block

Airut Housing Block

Sauerbruch Hutton +1, Helsinki 2018
Street view of the housing tower.

Ikituuri Student Housing

Sigge Architects, Turku 2011
Courtyard view

Pasilan Konepaja Housing

Architects NRT, Helsinki 2015
White grid details on the balconies facing the inner courtyard.

Saukonpaasi Housing

Huttunen–Lipasti–Pakkanen Architects, Helsinki 2014
Elevation of a block of flats

Eiranranta Housing

Helin & Co Architects, Helsinki 2008
Block of flats

Victoria, Diana & Titania Housing

ONE Architects +1, Helsinki 2011
View of the covered yard.

Kotisaarenkatu Housing

Playa Architects, Helsinki 2014
Elevations towards the park

Arabianvillat Housing

ARK-house Architects, Helsinki 2005
Street view

Suvantopuisto Senior Housing

QUAD Architects, Tampere 2007
Street view

HOAS Kumpula Student Housing

Brunow & Maunula Architects, Helsinki 2007
Street view

Stanssi & Svingi Housing

Architects NRT, Helsinki 2007
Courtyard

Villa Andante Nursing Home

Espoo 2010
Riihikatu street view

Trekoli Senior Housing

Architects Rudanko + Kankkunen, Pori 2018
Detail of the façade towards Kustaa Vaasan tie

Kumpula Student Housing

Playa Architects, Helsinki 2018
Käpylän Posteljooni 1

Käpylän Posteljooni Housing

Anttinen Oiva Architects +1, Helsinki 2017
View from the south

Gullkronan Senior Housing

Helsinki 2019
Kesäkatu 3 scaled

Kesäkatu Housing

Timo Vormala +1, Helsinki 1999
Meritähti 6 scaled

Meritähti Housing

Timo Vormala +1, Helsinki 1997
View from the Ruoholahti canal.

Fokka and Spinnu Housing

Timo Vormala +1, Helsinki 1995
Courtyard view

Haapapuistikko, Hämeenpuistikko and Vetehisenkuja 2 Housing

Timo Vormala +1, Helsinki 1985
Entrance to the office

The Siren House

Heikki Siren +1, Helsinki 1960
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Lingånsö

Heikki Siren +1, Raasepori 1960
View of the block yard

Malminkartano Housing Complex

Ralph Erskine, Helsinki 1987
View from the yard in the 1950s

Women's Co-housing Asuntoyhteistalo

Olli and Eija Saijonmaa Architects, Helsinki 1953
Main entrance

Aino and Jean Sibelius' Ainola

Lars Sonck, Järvenpää 1904
Kultaranta garden

Kultaranta Summer Residence of the President of Finland

Lars Sonck, Naantali 1916
Southwest elevation

Wivi Lönn's Villa

Wivi Lönn, Jyväskylä 1911
KWIECO Shelter Home

KWIECO Shelter Home

Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects, Moshi, Tanzania 2015
View of the yard

Oulu Mother and Child Home

Oulu 1985
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Merimiehenkatu Housing

Aarno Ruusuvuori, Helsinki 1962
Prefabricated plastic Futuro House

Futuro House

Matti Suuronen, Espoo 1968
Façade of a mansion

Vanaja Mansion

Sigurd Frosterus, Hämeenlinna 1924
A courtyard of a summer house

Villa Oivala

Oiva Kallio, Helsinki 1924
Streetview and a yellow painted apartment building

Mäkelänkatu Street 37-43 Apartment Building

Gunnar Taucher, Helsinki 1926
Courtyard with trees of a worker's housing from the 1920s

Workers' Housing for Kone ja Silta Ltd

Armas Lindgren +1, Helsinki 1929
Streetview and a residential building

Olofsborg

Herman Gesellius +2, Helsinki 1902
Block of flats with decoratons and balconies, cars in front of it

The Karelian House

Onni Tarjanne, Helsinki 1911
A square, a building and trees

Agronomitalo (Doctors' House)

Herman Gesellius +2, Helsinki 1901
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Domus Aboensis Student Union Dormitory

Pekka Pitkänen, Turku 1965
Wilenia_3

Wilenia Housing

Pekka Pitkänen, Turku 1963
Carenia_1

Carenia & Linnankatu 8 Housing

Pekka Pitkänen, Turku 1962
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Ihantola

O. E. Koskinen, Helsinki 1906
Sanmark House

Sanmark House

Grahn, Hedman & Wasastjerna, Helsinki 1903
Brown city house at the corner of a street with a tower at the top.

Tallberg House

Herman Gesellius +2, Helsinki 1898
A green, decorative 6-storey building with tourettes.

Aeolus House

Selim A. Lindqvist, Helsinki 1903
Building with a rubble ground floor and elegantly formed recessed entrances that conceal fine copper-clad doors. tHe upper levels of the building are covered in beige plaster and there are some decorative lines at the second highest floor.

Uudenmaankatu 5

Gustaf Adolf Lindberg, Helsinki 1905
Elevation of Serpentine House

Serpentine House

Yrjö Lindegren +1, Helsinki 1951
Red-Brick facade of te building with a black and white extension on the top, viewed from the other side of the street.

Helsingin Studio Housing

Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Helsinki 2013
Semi-detached brick house with large windows and a protruding balcony.

Kellokas Semi-detached House

Karin Krokfors, Helsinki 2011
Three houses made from multiple materials and with different styles.

Violanpuisto Townhouses

Marcus Ahlman +1, Helsinki 2009
Close ou shot elf the balconies.

Töölö Stage & Oscar Housing

Tuomo Siitonen Architects, Helsinki 2011
Apartment building complex with three buildings with plaster, glass and metal elements.

Käpykallio Housing

Tuomo Siitonen Architects, Helsinki 2002
High-rise apartment block of eleven floors and annexe of three floors for commercial premises.

Keskuskartano

Charles Hagan, Pori 1963
Signelinna Hanna Tyvelä

Newander's house ("Signe Castle")

Signe Hornborg, Pori 1892
The street facades have angular bay windows to soften the look of the buildings. The precast concrete panels are facing brick-tiles and horizontal boards.

Malminkartano Experimental Housing

Reima Pietilä +1, Helsinki 1984
Mäntyniemi 3 cover

Mäntyniemi Residence of the President of Finland

Reima Pietilä +1, Helsinki 1993
Black and white image of a light wooden interior with arch windows, female sculptures and a bookshelf with a wooden ladder leading upstairs.

Atelier Tove Jansson

Reima Pietilä +1, Helsinki 1962
Aerial image of a white apartment block surrounded by forest.

Suvikumpu Apartment Block

Reima Pietilä +1, Espoo 1969
Facade and with unhewn logs cut at different lengths in the corners.

Särestöniemi

Reima Pietilä +1, Kittilä 1972
Multiple storey apartment buildings with no straight lines, black and white plastered walls and long balconies at the sides.

Toukoranta Housing

JKMM Architects, Helsinki 2015
Birds eye view of the apartment complex and its surroundings.

Auroranlinna housing

Helander Leiviskä Architects +1, Helsinki 1990
Living room with mostly white and light wooden elements

Runopuisto terraced house

Helander Leiviskä Architects +1, Helsinki 2004
light blue timber house with white details and a fence around the garden.

Nuora Building (alterations)

Alvar Aalto, Jyväskylä 1924
Red timber house with white porch details on a snowy day.

Villa Karpio

Wivi Lönn, Jyväskylä 1914
Building facade with white and wooden elements.

Villa Skeppet

Alvar Aalto +1, Tammisaari 1970
Black and white picture if a bare apartment building with three part windows.

Standard Apartment House

Alvar Aalto +1, Turku 1929
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Casa Laurén

Alvar Aalto +1, Jyväskylä 1928
Light brick facade with a yellow brick entrance.

Kantola House

Alvar Aalto +1, Kotka 1937
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Schönbühl Apartment House and Commercial Centre

Alvar Aalto +1, Lucerne, Switzerland 1967
BW photo of a white, curving highrise with balconies

Aalto-Hochhaus

Alvar Aalto +1, Bremen, Germany 1962
A freeform pool in a green garden, white rendered house with wooden parts in the background

Villa Mairea

Alvar Aalto +1, Pori 1939
White apartment building with a park in front of it.

Lallukka Artists' Home

Gösta Juslen, Helsinki 1933
Beige plastered modern apartment buildings that are interconnected and share a courtyard.

Kampin Helmi Senior Housing

Kirsti Sivén & Asko Takala Architects, Helsinki 2016
Red-brick building white white upper floors.

Aleksis Kiven katu 19 Housing

Anttinen Oiva Architects, Helsinki 2017
Apartment building with red metal and glass elements on a snowy day.

Heka Koirasaarentie 36 Affordable Housing

Anttinen Oiva Architects, Helsinki 2016
Snowy city district with modern apartment buildings.

Arabiankatu 8 Housing Block

B&M Architects +1, Helsinki 2016
Two musicians with a workspace in the middle of the room.

Jallukka House for Musicians

Talli Architects +1, Helsinki 2017
Pia Kuusiniemi Muokattu 1500 Vihreistä vihrein ensimmäisen vuoden kasvua keittiöpuutarhassa MJ

The Greenest Block of Flats

Talli Architects +1, Helsinki 2017
Multiple story apartment building with red bricks and large balconies.

Tila Loft Housing

Talli Architects +1, Helsinki 2011
Old white multiple story building with stores at the bottom floor.

Saarinen House

Eliel Saarinen, Tallinn, Estonia 1912
Old yellow multiple storey building with bay windows.

Friedrich Akel House

Armas Lindgren +1, Tallinn, Estonia 1912
Old yellow house with white decorative elements and grid windows, the paint has chipped in several points.

Aino and Oskar Kallas House

Valter Thomé, Tartu, Estonia 1914
View towards the sea, modern buildings with glass balconies on both sides.

Merenkulkijanranta Housing

Architects NRT, Helsinki 2015
Terracotta facade of an old building with brown framed windows and white sculptural medallions.

Atrium Apartment Building

Erik Bryggman, Turku 1927
House with a pitched roof, grayish white render, blue framed windows and doors.

Casa Haartman

Erik Bryggman, Naantali 1926
Black and white image of the living room with houseplants, many lamps and armchairs.

Läntinen Rantakatu 21 Apartment Building

Erik Bryggman, Turku 1951
Simple white building with light blue window frames and doors with a garden around it on a sunny day.

Sauvo Pharmacy

Erik Bryggman, Sauvo 1935
Yellow one storey building with a red roof and a sitting area outside.

Villa Staffans

Erik Bryggman, Turku 1946
Long cream colored building with window panes and a yard.

Villa Solin

Erik Bryggman, Turku 1929
Apartment building with 4 rows of grid windows , decorative pillars at the entrance and a storefront at street level.

Brahenkatu 9 Apartment Building

Erik Bryggman, Turku 1924
Park with snowy trees, a tall white building in the background on a sunny winter day.

Finlayson-Forssa Amurinlinna Housing Block

Erik Bryggman, Tampere 1955
Multiple story residential building with a slanted rood in a snowy landscape.

Harjannetie 44 Housing

Architects Hannunkari & Mäkipaja, Helsinki 2013
Apartment building with a wooden exterior and gable roof, around the building there are many trees.

Puukuokka Housing

OOPEAA +1, Jyväskylä 2015
Helsingin Malta Housing Co-Operative

Malta Housing

ARK-house Architects, Helsinki 2014
Red-Brick building with large glass windows, balconies with white railings.

Kipparintalo

Juha Leiviskä, Helsinki 2015
White residential building with glass and multiple square window façades in evening light

Aalto Inn

Tuomo Siitonen Architects, Espoo 2012
Two eight-storey apartment buildings with bright green inner wall

Youth Homes

Jukka Turtiainen Architects, Helsinki 2013
White detached house on an alley behind a rosa apartment house

Three Infill Apartments

Jani Prunnila +1, Helsinki 2012
Façade of wooden house with multiple windows and diagonal roof

M-M House

Tuomas Siitonen, Helsinki 2013
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Noah’s Ark

Augustin Ehrensvärd, Helsinki 1771
lIght façade with mosaic details and wavy walls

Flooranaukio Housing

Heikkinen-Komonen Architects, Helsinki 2011
Four five-storey grey block of flats in evening light

Viikki Science Park Student Housing

Playa Architects, Helsinki 2010
Façade of module-shaped timber building in snowy forest landscape

Villa Bruun

Seppo Häkli, Kuopio 2012
Housing block with red-brick and white façades

Kaanaankatu Housing

Huttunen–Lipasti–Pakkanen Architects, Helsinki 2012
Terrace and dinette under a wooden canopy of the summer house with large glass windows

Villa Krona

Helin & Co Architects, Kemiö 2010
Wooden one-storey building in evening light surrounded by nature

Villa Adlers

A-konsultit Architects, Kirkkonummi 2011
Muuratsalo Experimental House by Alvar Aalto 1952-1954

Muuratsalo Experimental House

Alvar Aalto +1, Jyväskylä 1954
Colorful 16-storey terraced building block

Pikku Huopalahti Terraced Building Block

Reijo Jallinoja, Helsinki 1994
Hansaviertel Apartment house in Berlin by Alvar Aalto

Hansaviertel Apartment House

Alvar Aalto +1, Berlin, Germany 1957
Drawing sketch of a three-storey building

Aira Apartment Building for Railway Workers

Alvar Aalto +1, Jyväskylä 1926
Paved road to the red-brick building with trees by the side

Aalto University Student Dormitory

Alvar Aalto, Espoo 1965
Low rock stairs and lawn to the white house on top

Maison Louis Carré

Alvar Aalto +1, Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France 1959
Pergola and low steps in front of dark stained wooden house

Villa Kokkonen

Alvar Aalto, Järvenpää 1969
Flat-roofed house, lawn and trees and a low stone wall in front of a terrace

The Aalto House

Alvar Aalto +1, Helsinki 1936
Living room furniture with a window view with trees outside

Villa Tammekann

Alvar Aalto, Tartu, Estonia 1932
High-rise-block in the back, surrounded by lawn and the neighbourhood

Viitatorni

Alvar Aalto, Jyväskylä 1962
Plan with stepped terrace houses

Terraced House

Alvar Aalto, Eura 1939
A kitchenette with wooden cabinet doors and very narrow and steep wooden stairs

Cabinet Studio Apartment

Anna & Eugeni Bach, Barcelona, Spain 2018
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Apartment in Padua

Collaboratorio, Padua, Italy 2021
Interior of a space with glazed walls on three sides and a wooden floor and ceiling

Villa Anna Leena

Kimmo Friman, Raasepori 2021