Finnish Architecture

block of flats

Projects (118)

Brick apartment building with square window recesses and red roof.

Helsingin Muurarimestari

Avarrus Arkkitehdit, Helsinki 2024
240918 Pohjoinen Hesperiankatu 35 010

Meander

Steven Holl +1, Helsinki 2024
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Tikkurila Church and Housing

OOPEAA, Vantaa 2021
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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 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
Ground floor of an apartment building with yellow sun shades

Bredanportti Apartment Block

Playa Architects, Kauniainen 2020
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
Inner courtyard with a tree in the centre. White old building with red door.

Punavuori Stables

Avarrus Arkkitehdit, Helsinki 1906
Yellow, red and white blocks of flats, factory chimneys in the distance

Linnanfältti Wooden District

City of Turku, Turku 2024
Exterior of building with lights on inside lobby

Wood City

Anttinen Oiva Architects, Helsinki 2020
A black and white photo showcasing the street view of the building block.

Kauppakatu Functionalist Building Block

Eino Pitkänen, Kajaani 1952
A frontal view of the row of facades over a square

Toritalo Housing

Jani Prunnila, Kotka 2019
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
Street view

Regatta Hotel and Housing

Hanko 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

HOAS Kumpula Student Housing

Brunow & Maunula Architects, Helsinki 2007
Street view

Stanssi & Svingi Housing

Architects NRT, Helsinki 2007
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
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
VIew from the Kauppakartanonkatu street

Itäkeskus Landmark

Erkki Kairamo +2, Helsinki 1987
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
YWCA Hanna Tyvelä 2 scaled

Helsinki YWCA House

Wivi Lönn +1, Helsinki 1928
Courtyard view of the block

Maunolanmäki Daycare Centre and Huuhkajankuja Housing Block

Kari Järvinen and Timo Airas Architects, Kuopio 1989
Merimiehenkatu Housing_1 kopio

Merimiehenkatu Housing

Aarno Ruusuvuori, Helsinki 1962
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
Street view, trees between lamel houses

Olympic Village

Hilding Ekelund +1, Helsinki 1939
Sahanmäki Residential Area 5

Sahanmäki Residential Area

Hilding Ekelund +1, Helsinki 1956
Block of flats with decoratons and balconies, cars in front of it

The Karelian House

Onni Tarjanne, Helsinki 1911
Street and a large block of flats

Kaleva District

Harry W. Schreck +3, Tampere 1940
A square, a building and trees

Agronomitalo (Doctors' House)

Herman Gesellius +2, Helsinki 1901
Suikkila_8

Suikkila Suburb

Pekka Pitkänen, Turku 1983
DomusAboensis_1

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
Row of colorful houses.

Huvilakatu Area

Onni Tarjanne +5, Helsinki 1910
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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
Grönqvist House 1

Grönqvist Building

Helsinki 1883
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
Two sculptures on the sides of a window.

Erottajankatu 2 Neo-Renaissance Building

Helsinki 1891
Stone staircase with white railings connecting every floor and with a ceiling window on top.

EY Office and Residential Building

Verstas Architects, Helsinki 2014
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
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
Metal cube structure in front of Kamppi.

Kamppi Shopping Centre and Public Transport Terminal

Helin & Co Architects +2, Helsinki 2005
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
Aerial image of a white apartment block surrounded by forest.

Suvikumpu Apartment Block

Reima Pietilä +1, Espoo 1969
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
Black and white picture of the square in front of the houses.

National Pensions Institute Housing

Alvar Aalto +1, Helsinki 1954
Black and white picture if a bare apartment building with three part windows.

Standard Apartment House

Alvar Aalto +1, Turku 1929
Casa Lauren kuva paijanne alvar aalto museo 107446 988x659

Casa Laurén

Alvar Aalto +1, Jyväskylä 1928
Schonbuhl luzern switzerland entrance photo pfeifer o alvar aalto museum 103184 988x659 COVER

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
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
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
Black and white image of the living room with houseplants, many lamps and armchairs.

Läntinen Rantakatu 21 Apartment Building

Erik Bryggman, Turku 1951
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
04 Noah Ark Kari Järvinen and Merja Nieminen Architects SAFA photo Arno de la Chapelle

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
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Ranta-Tampella, City District

ONE Architects +1, Tampere 2011
Housing block with red-brick and white façades

Kaanaankatu Housing

Huttunen–Lipasti–Pakkanen Architects, Helsinki 2012
Black and white aerial picture

Pihlajamäki Residential Area

Lauri Silvennoinen, Helsinki 1964
Colorful 16-storey terraced building block

Pikku Huopalahti Terraced Building Block

Reijo Jallinoja, Helsinki 1994
Group of high-rise residential buildings next to a sea landscape

Merihaka Housing Area

Peter Bieber +3, Helsinki 1985
Red brick mill buildings

Sunila Pulp Mill and Residential Area

Alvar Aalto, Kotka 1938
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
High-rise-block in the back, surrounded by lawn and the neighbourhood

Viitatorni

Alvar Aalto, Jyväskylä 1962