HEIKKINEN KOMONEN

Heikkinen – Komonen Architects was established in 1974 by Mikko Heikkinen, architect SAFA, HonFAIA (b. 1949) and Markku Komonen, architect SAFA, HonFAIA, professor at Aalto University (b. 1945). The firm was reorganized in 2010 by inviting two long-time collaborators, Janne Kentala, architect SAFA and Markku Puumala, architect SAFA to join the partnership. Major awards and nominations include European Concrete Award (3. place 2012; Heinrich Tessenow Gold Medal 2003; The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Aleppo 2001; Nominee for the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion Award for European Architecture, Barcelona 1997 and 1994; Finland Award 1996 and European Steel Structure Prize, Paris 1993. Firm’s project history include Schönbühl Housing Area, Lucerne 2013, Provincial Archive, Hämeenlinna, Finland 2009, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, 2001, Finnish Embassy, Washinton D.C. 1994 and European Film School, Ebeltoft, Denmark 1993.