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Honorable mention to collective light mural neighbourhood in Finland
Virontörmä is a large residential area located in Western Tampere, Finland, consisting of multiple apartment buildings built in the 60s and 70s. Before, it was just another residential area, but now it has its own…

Sigge-Loci-Valoa -group is the winner of Turku Market Square design competition
Five groups were invited to the Turku Market Square design competition: Insulae, VSU, Inaro, Sigge-Valoa-Loci, and Nembi-Lauttinen. The tasks of the competition were to design an idea-rich, functional, visually interesting, and high-level overall plan for…

The First Ever Nordic Lighting Design Award to Finland
Helsinki Metro Stations was awarded already the fourth time. The stations lighting won the Nordisk Lyspris – Nordic Lighting Design Awards 2020 competition. Helsinki metro stations was the first Finnish to win the NoLänsimetron…

Helsinki metro stations nominated in Nordic Lyspris 2020
Länsimetro (Western metro) opened in the autumn of 2017 and expanded the metro network of the capital area of Helsinki to Espoo side. There are eight metro stations in the new 14 kilometers long rails:…

VALOA is the winner of Tallinn’s LUCIA International Lighting Design Competition
VALOA is the winner of Tallinn’s International Lighting Design Competition. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 15 teams from six countries took part in the first phase, three were selected for the competition and the VALOA’s concept “Echoes” was chosen…

Helsinki metro stations won Lighting Design of the Year 2019 Finland
Helsinki Metro Stations won the Lighting Design Award of the Year 2019 in Finland and represents Finland also in the Nordic Lyspris competition. This is already the third lighting design award given to this project.…

We illuminate stories from the darkness
Lighting designed for a building or site from the outset is a way to convey its ambiance, significance, and purpose. In this way, the facade emerges from the darkness as its own compelling story.