JKMM Architects

Lapinrinne 3 00101 Helsinki Finlandia

www.jkmm.fi

JKMM Architects is a group of architects and designers based in Helsinki, Finland. We started in 1998 with four founding partners – Asmo Jaaksi, Teemu Kurkela, Samuli Miettinen and Juha Mäki-Jyllilä. Today, we are a team of more than 90 people. We offer a complete service across all areas and scales from architecture to interiors and furniture design. Over the years we have won 94 prizes in design competitions, including 46 first prizes, making us one of Finland’s most successful architectural offices. Our work is rooted in simplicity, craftsmanship and experimentation. We believe the best solutions are often disarmingly simple. Distinctive architecture is the result of uncompromising pursuit of quality – as well as flexibility and improvisation. Quality is also about putting people first. We see ourselves as craftspeople: architectural beauty is the outcome of the exquisite treatment of materials

PROJECTS

Renovated Library in Finland. New spaces for media, relaxation and co-working

JKMM Architects, in collaboration with Arkkitehdit NRT renovates the library of the University of Aalto, Finland, transforming it into a multi-purpose center where multidisciplinary and innovative forms of learning, research and work can be performed

Interior restyling for a library in Finland. New spaces and new functions

JKMM's project for the interior restyling of the Lahti library in Finland stems from the need to reorganize spaces and functions, following the progressive evolution of the role of libraries with the advent of digitization

New Wooden Space for the University of Helsinki. Openings and connections between Science and Society

"The new think corner" is the new area of the University of Helsinki, made of wood and stone and designed by JKMM, which transforms the old administrative building into a meeting point and interaction between science and the community