Last month we had a successful Office Seminar in the old Inspector’s house in Sundsberg, Kirkkonummi. On the program for the day were discussions about changes and improvements in the office. We discussed such things as the IT support, the ATL quality program, general information model standards for 2012 and the overall well-being in the office.

We had a nice lunch at the Sarfvik Golf Club (which was designed by Eriksson Architects as far back as 1989!). Later we discussed different strategies for the future, by example strategies for competitions and strategies for Research and Development. At the end we also got a presentation by Ms. Tea Ekengren and Mr. Pasi Heikkonen from EKE company about the Sundsberg Model 2020 eco-city planning project. Once again, learning makes the expertise!

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Even nature can’t resist us. This week we noticed that a seagull has made a nest in a tree right outside our window. The seagull has chosen a top spot overlooking the whole yard and our office. Continue reading →

One beautiful march afternoon people from the office gathered to go to “the Pulkkamäki”, a sledding hill in downtown Helsinki. The weather was sunny, not too cold and there was still a lot of snow on the ground. The hill was steep and long, which enabled good speed.

One by one and in pairs, with competitions between the crew, we went down the slope. We didn’t have any winner after all, but it doesn’t matter, we all had big smiles on our faces! Later on, the exhaustive exercise demanded us to eat something, so we all went to take a delicious pizza together.

We organize these kinds of happenings to bring the team closer together and to create a good atmosphere, and also of course to get some exercise.

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Our company logo was way before its time when it was introduced back in 1988. It was originated through an internal competition in our office, won by our associated designer Mr. Luc Martinez. The logo with the letter “e” is symbolizing our name, of course, but you also find many other associations such as rings on water, symbolizing how the projects make way for other new projects, or the year rings in a tree or even the fingerprint of our design.

Now, after more than 20 years we are changing the old grey to green, just to show our efforts for green buildings and Eco solutions. In the end of last year we had an internal competition, won by our skillful graphic expert Ms. Emma Grönholm, and now we start to implement it in all our documents. Take a look at our new logo and experience the green leaves making the logo come to life. Feel free to comment, and come along, let’s go more green!

Here’s a Valentine’s Card to all of our friends, clients, collaborators and all of you visiting our website, from all over the world. In our office many of us have different backgrounds, different opinions and different dreams for the future, yet we all are part of our small community and we’re all determined to make this small world a better place to live. We try to contribute at least by designing better homes, better buildings, better architecture and better ecology. Today, tomorrow and the next day and the next day and the next…

All You Need Is Love! (…and Good Architecture!)

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

In the end of last year we learned that Eriksson Architects Ltd was ranked the 12^th largest Finnish Architects’ office and 74^th among the top Finnish consulting engineering and architectural firms. And today we celebrate the 33^rd Anniversary of the company, founded February 9^th 1979. As the French say, Noblesse oblige, we have an important heritage of many wonderful projects, but we don’t stop here. No, now we set our goals in breaking new records, finding new challenging and different projects.

Architecture and life is a wonderful journey into the unknown, as We Design Your Future