Heikkinen + Komonen

by Heikkinen, Mikko; Komonen, Markku; Pallasmaa, Juhani

• ISBN13: 9781580930208
• ISBN10: 1580930204
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-06-05
• Publisher: The Monacelli Press

Summary

Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen are the most important architects in post-Aalto Finland. In twenty-five years of practice, they have designed numerous projects in their native Finland and throughout Scandinavia. Though their work has been widely published throughout Europe and in trade journals such asArchitectural ReviewandProgressive Architecture,Heikkinen + Komonenis the first monographic presentation of their work. Heikkinen and Komonen design in a cool, cerebral modernism; to this they add the quintessential elements of the Finnish artistic and architectural tradition: light, nature, and solitary disposition. Among the projects in this book are the Embassy of Finland in Washington, D.C. (their first building in the United States); the airport in Rovaniemi, Finland; the Heureka Science Center in Vantaa, Finland; and the new corporate headquarters for McDonald's in Helsinki.

Author Biography

Juhani Pallasmaa is Finland's most renowned architectural critic.

William Morgan teaches at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island. He has written extensively on Finnish architecture.

Table of Contents

Zen and the Art of Making Architecture: Concept and Design in the Work of Heikkinen - Komonen	9	(12)
Juhani Pallasmaa
One Tight Snowball	21	(5)
William Morgan
McDonald's Headquarters	26	(12)
Angel Studios	38	(4)
Audiovisual Center for the University of Art and Design	42	(6)
Johns Hopkins University Student Art Center	48	(6)
Vuosaari Gateway	54	(6)
Arlanda Air-Traffic Control Center	60	(6)
Infocenter for Viikki Science Park	66	(6)
Teboil Rajahovi Service Station	72	(8)
Elementary Structures, Guinea	80	(10)
Media Center, Helsinki	90	(4)
Emergency Services College	94	(12)
Foibe Senior Citizen Housing and Amenity Center	106	(8)
Finnish Embassy, Washington, D.C.	114	(12)
Modular Exhibition Pavilion for Marimekko	126	(4)
European Film College	130	(12)
Centers for Karelian Culture	142	(4)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki	146	(4)
Matrix H2O Madrid	150	(4)
House of Culture, Nuuk	154	(4)
Airport Terminal, Rovaniemi	158	(10)
Finnish Pavilion for a Nordic Art and Architecture Exhibition	168	(4)
Heureka Finnish Science Center	172	(10)
Biographies	182	(1)
Heikkinen - Komonen Team	183	(1)
Project Chronology	184	(3)
Selected Bibliography	187	(5)
Photography and Model Credits	192