Welcome to the world of Eriksson Architects! We would like to invite you to discuss with us. Through this blog, you will have a chance to get a more closer look inside our office. The content will range from “innocent blurts of daily inspiration” to more philosophical writings or occasional debates on the state of affairs in the construction branch. News and press releases with more official tone will continue to appear on our website, www.eriarc.fi.

The year 2011 brought us many changes, chances and challenges. First, we have grown a lot. We have also become more versatile by putting more effort in R&D, but also strengthened our fields of expertise in building design, land use and real estate development as well as project export.

We are looking forward at 2012 with a full confidence: our colourful team is stronger than ever before!

Getting to the point: we have put a miscellaneous mix of past years events here. We wish you fun moments reading and commenting. Keep an eye on our website too.

We celebrated our Office Christmas Party “Pikkujoulu” on the 18th of November in a cosy cottage, Hivenpään Maja, in Helsinki. On the program was live music (provided by our talented staff), santa claus, pig decorating contest and even fireworks!

Check out more photos from the event on our Facebook-page.

Did you know that:

13% of the employees are left-handed

21% of the employees are speaking Swedish as their mother tongue

5% of the employees are speaking Spanish as their mother tongue

Finnish and English are the most spoken languages of course. Other languages heard in the office are Chinese, Japanese, Greek and Polish.

Here’s a peek into our office at Meritullinkatu. The office space was renovated in 2008.

Eriksson Achitects took part in World Sustainable Building Conference 2011 with two papers! The conference takes place in The Helsinki Exhibition & Convention Centre 18.-21.10.2011. Our Environmental Program and Three eco-city projects in China were presented in the conference by Kaisa Junkkonen and Patrick Eriksson on Wednesday.

NordBuild Ltd and Eriksson Architects Ltd are joining forces and going into strategic partnership. The new “NB Plan” -service offers tools for simulating energy efficiency solutions and analysing life cycle costs of a property during the concept phase of  new building or a refurbishment project. Read more about this in Rakennuslehti.

We had a successful development day on beautiful Uunisaari in the Helsinki Archipelago.

During the day we discussed different topics, like ecology, education, health, brand, planning methods and such things, that will help us on improve our office. The day was a success and gave inspiration and hope for the future.

From April the 8th to April the 11th the personnel of Eriksson Architects visited the French Riviera. This excursion was made according to our recreational and educational program.

During our stay we studied the modern, historic and pre-historic architecture of Nice, Cannes and St Tropez. We also visited places like Port Grimaud, a seaside town built with channels in a Venetian manner, but with French “Fisherman’s” style houses and Saint Paul de Vence, one of the oldest medieval towns in the French Riviera, well-known from its modern and contemporary art museums and galleries.

Check out more photos on our Facebook-page.

Our Mentougou Eco Valley project has now been published online in various websites.

Here are some links:

Designboom
Inhabitat
Onlydesign
Spanish Design and Architecture website
Archplatforma.ru