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Kimmo Lintula, Niko Sirola, Mikko Summanen, K2S ARCHITECTS Ltd.
Biography:
K2S Architects Ltd. was founded in Helsinki in 2001 by architects Kimmo Lintula (Helsinki, 1970), Niko Sirola
(Tampere, 1971) and Mikko Summanen (Lappeenranta, 1971). All partners have studied at Helsinki University
of Technology and have been teaching there. Since 2003 the office has won multiple architecture competitions
in Finland, most notably the design for a hospital in Espoo and an IT-college in the town of Sipoo.
A central theme in the office's design philosophy is the concept of "roots": good architecture should not only
focus on spatial and material quality, but also be rooted on its site and in tradition.
Currently twenty people are working in the office on a broad range of architectural and urban design projects.
The office has received an Architectural Review Emerging Architecture Award (highly commended), the Finnish
steel prize and a Chicago Athenaeum International Architecture Award. Two projects have been nominated
for the Mies van der Rohe prize.
Olympiastadion Eteläkaarre C1 ENTER / Sipoo Upper Secondary Espoo Hospital
www.k2s.fi