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LIT Lighting design awards 2019 double win: Helsinki metro stations and National Museum of Finland
Written by VALOA design, 18.12.2019
LIT Lighting design awards 2019 double win: Helsinki metro stations and National Museum of Finland

The lighting of Helsinki metro stations has been awarded in LIT Lighting design awards 2019 as a winner of the category of Interior Architectural Illumination and the National Museum of Finland received a honorable mention.

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Winner of an idea competition in Naantali
Written by VALOA design, 25.9.2019
Winner of an idea competition in Naantali

VALOA won an idea competition about Naantali old town coast lighting. The main idea was to keep the things that are already good.

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Original Sokos Hotel Presidentti got the lighting it deserves
Written by VALOA design, 06.9.2019
Original Sokos Hotel Presidentti got the lighting it deserves

The complete renovation of a visible, traditional and monumental building in the cityscape is a grand investment in brand message and the façade lighting brings a final touch.

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Open studios 23th August 2019
Written by VALOA design, 20.8.2019
Open studios 23th August 2019

We decided to open our doors so that everyone would get a chance to get to know the world of light as the dark autumn evening's are getting closer.

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Is Architectural Lighting about Technology or Aesthetics?
Written by Roope Siiroinen, 12.8.2019
Is Architectural Lighting about Technology or Aesthetics?

The field of architectural lighting has undergone significant changes in the past few years. Lighting design is no longer based on choosing equipment and styles of lighting fixtures nor mathematical calculations. Instead of lighting, one might talk about night-time spatial entity.

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“Highly commended” award to the lighting of the Helsinki metro stations
Written by VALOA design, 23.5.2019
“Highly commended” award to the lighting of the Helsinki metro stations

The lighting of Helsinki Metro stations was awarded in the Lighting Design Awards 2019, one of the most highly regarded international lighting design contests. The judges, who were a team of experts in the field and architects, selected lighting projects from over 300 entries from all over the world for the competition. Our feature was the only shortlisted lighting project from Finland.

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We raise stories of darkness

From the outset, lighting designed for a building or site is a way of telling its atmosphere, meaning and purpose. The façade thus emerges as its own interesting story from the dark.

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