OOPEAA: Office for Peripheral Architecture - Hardcover

Kengo Kuma; Juulia Kauste; Michael Asgaard Andersen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9187543214 ISBN 13: 9789187543210

Publisher: Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing, 2014

Synopsis

The story of OOPEAA (Office for Peripheral Architecture) began in a rural field in Finland, where the now-iconic Kärsämäki Shingle Church was built by hand by hundreds of volunteers over half a decade. In the years that followed, OOPEAA has established itself as one of Finland's leading architecture firms, one that is distinguished by a sensitivity to material and craftmanship - first under the name Lassila Hirvilammi Architects and, from 2014, as OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture.

"Theirs is both an inwardly-directed exploration of our cultural heritage and an outwardly-directed examination of the wider world around us," writes Museum of Finnish Architecture director Juulia Kauste. "In a very personal way, their work reflects the values that underlie Finnish modernity and the historical and contemporary conext of Finnish architecture."

In text, photographs and drawings, this book traces the office's development into one of the most innovative architectural practices in the Nordic region today.

About this edition

• Publisher: Arvinius + Orfeus Publishing
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 9187543214
• ISBN 13: 9789187543210
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Julie Cirelli