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L&M Sievänen Architects

Profile of L&M Sievänen Architects, headquartered in Finland. Three projects submitted by L&M Sievänen Architects have been published on Architecture News Plus (ANP).

: [L-R] Markku Sievänen and Liisa Sievänen – © L&M Sievänen Architects

Principals

Liisa Sievänen
Markku Sievänen

Brief description

L&M Sievänen Architects was established 1978 by Liisa Sievänen and Markku Sievänen. In 1996 the office started full time architectural planning with 4 -6 employees.

Our main ideology is: FUNCTION – ARCHITECTURE - ECOLOGY. “Detailing is the richness in architecture”

Our architect’s office from 1996 is specialized designing old people’s homes and to do product-development with different companies and now we are also specialized to consult health care plannings. Office has wan prizes in many architectural competitions especially concerning old people’s homes in Finland. Projects have been published in international books. We are also specialized interior planning and planning of the green areas in our projects. We also do the first time equipment planning. Our office project Wellfare Centre Onni has won the Finnish Barrier Free Prize in 2009 and Green Surrounding Prize in 2008.

Ministry of the Environment in Finland has published our book: Guide to alterations in the homes of older people with memory impairment, 200

Published projects

: Puotila Home for Elderly and Physically Disabled by L&M Sievänen Architects Puotila is situated in eastern Helsinki. The old building, which was built in early sixties is a very typical building of that time, owned by Gaius Foundation...

: Ulrika Eleonora - Block of Service Flats by L&M Sievänen Architects Loviisa is a small town situated on the southern coast of Finland. There were arranged a general architectural competition for the design of a 56-unit block of...

: Wellfare Centre Onni by L&M Sievänen Architects Pukkila is a small municipality (population 2000) in southern Finland, 100 km from Helsinki. The Welfare Centre Onni was possible only because of one man, Onni...

Key projects

1980 - Restaurant Sahanlahti, Puumala
1987-1992 - Schools of Montessori-pedagogy, Espoo
1990 - Villa Tanskanen, Kirkkonummi
1996-2010 - Helsinki University of Technology, Aalto University, renovation, Espoo
1999 - Gaius-bathroom, Product development for the elderly, Helsinki
1997-2000 - Puotila Home for the Physically disabled, Helsinki
1995-2003 - Puotila Home for the Elderly, renovation, Helsinki
2001-2009 - Dental clinics, Espoo and Helsinki
2001 - Pakila Home for the Elderly, renovation, Helsinki
2002 - Ulrika Eleonora, Block of Service Flats, Loviisa
2005 - Antinkoti Home for the Elderly, renovation and extension, Helsinki
2007 - Munksnäshemmet Home for the Elderly, Helsinki
2004-2008 - Wellfare Centre Onni, Pukkila