Archinect - News 2024-12-22T02:09:08-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150045081/requiem-lahdelma-mahlm-ki-s-museum-for-the-defense-and-siege-of-leningrad Requiem - Lahdelma & Mahlmäki’s Museum for the Defense and Siege of Leningrad Lahdelma & Mahlamäki 2018-01-16T23:44:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/r9/r942cnl7f6raheu7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/arklm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lahdelma &amp; Mahalm&auml;ki Architects</a> have unveiled Requiem, their competition proposal for the Museum for the Defense and Siege of Leningrad, St. Petersburg. The project was undertaken in partnership with <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/13470813/ralph-appelbaum-associates" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ralph Appelbaum Associates</a> who, together, formed the only international team amongst the four final designs. The design sees an elegant spiral, buried in the landscape, reaching up from the exhibitions which are buried in a vast cavern underground. The route corkscrews out the top of the riverside, reaching outwards to give views over the new St. Petersburg.</p> <figure><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ij/ij5q6xnbesv7cp76.jpg?fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514&amp;dpr=2"><figcaption>Images credit to: Brick Visuals</figcaption></figure><p><strong></strong>The Museum for the Defense and Siege of Leningrad and its several components form a powerful spatial composition, connecting to the character and history of the city. The Thread of Life, the Memorial of Heroes of Leningrad and the Square of Testimony all sit against the backdrop of a newly created tranquil river side park.</p> <figure><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/d6/d67bcoq9xk69ue4w.jpg?fit=crop&amp;auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514&amp;dpr=2"><figcaption>Images credit to: Brick Visuals</figcaption></figure><p>&nbsp;The &lsquo;Thread of Life&rsquo; refers to the museum and ex...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/150035204/lahdelma-mahlam-ki-architects-open-easton-a-new-home-for-local-food-and-social-culture-in-helsinki Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects open Easton, a New Home for Local Food and Social Culture in Helsinki Lahdelma & Mahlamäki 2017-10-26T13:45:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/p3/p3nbrb00w706gghe.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Easton Helsinki, a shopping centre by <a href="https://archinect.com/arklm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lahdelma &amp; Mahlam&auml;ki</a> in It&auml;keskus, Helsinki, opened its doors to the public today. The 66,000m2 development is the first phase in a larger urban plan and looks to celebrate the identity and culture of Helsinki&rsquo;s eastern districts. The project idealistically and physically centres itself around food, bringing together local vendors and businesses at the heart of the shopping centre; at the same time introducing in a much more varied commercial programme around this. Whilst become a beacon to those on the motorway, the shopping centre takes a much more calm approach when viewed from the street, with its gently undulating fa&ccedil;ade of ceramic tiles taking on the local red-brick aesthetic and sitting comfortably within the urban scale.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/dn/dn55ul1slyohtwkx.?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/dn/dn55ul1slyohtwkx.?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vz/vz8gc7ydk7u2hri6.?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/vz/vz8gc7ydk7u2hri6.?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p></figure><p>Easton offers 30,000 m2 of commercial floor space which is set to bring 40 businesses into the area, with the emphasis being put on healthy foods and creating an everyday social atmosphere around this. The more varied co...</p>