UKI Arkkitehdit turned sixty and published a celebratory book featuring the designs over the past decade. In September 2018, the staff of UKI went on a celebratory excursion to Lisbon, Portugal.
Laakso Hospital’s principal and architectural design was sealed by a contract between a work consortium team LATU, the city of Helsinki and HUS (Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa).
The health centre, located at Kirkkotie in Kempele, was originally completed in the late 1980’s. The building served its users without any major renovations until the extension and renovation begun in 2015.
Pro Nemus visitor centre located in Metsä Group’s bioproduct mill area in Äänekoski was inaugurated on 12.6.2018. Pro Nemus is a 1000 square meter exhibition building with wooden structure, which was designed and built in 2016-2018.
During the past few years UKI Architects have participated in several architectural competitions, especially in those related to regional and housing design. Success in those has been excellent.
In the beginning on January a new office manager Taru Kaarlela started working UKI Architects. Kaarlela, who has worked in several wind power companies in the past ten years jumped in a totally new world.
Designing the new Chydenius school building in Kokkola has started at UKI Arkkitehdit. The new Swedish-speaking primary school for 320 pupils will be designed and implemented as a turnkey contract in cooperation with Peab Oy, and its completion is targeted at October 2019.
Oululainen arkkitehtitoimisto UKI Arkkitehdit Oy on ostanut niin ikään oululaisen Arkkitehtitoimisto Juhani Romppainen Oy:n liiketoiminnan. Toimistot ovat useiden vuosien ajan tehneet läheistä yhteistyötä. Toissa vuonna ne jo yhdistivät voimiaan solmimalla yhteistyösopimuksen, joka koski ennen kaikkea suuria aluekehityshankkeita.
The Future Hospital OYS 2030 program renews the Oulu University Hospital thoroughly. During the next fifteen years, the existing Oys buildings will be pulled down almost completely and replaced with new ones.
Keeping abreast of the times requires that architects get training from time to time, go to seminars and make excursions, for example. Architect Kimmo Turpeenniemi estimates that that the employees of the firm participated various external training events for a total of eighty days in 2017.