A modern wooden district for Tampere
Seven kilometres from the centre of Tampere, a new small town for 13,000 residents called Vuores will be built. The City of Tampere…
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The City of Espoo and Aalto University strongly committed to promoting wood construction
Aalto University, the Ministry of Employment and the City of Espoo are working together to develop wood construction. The aim is to combine…
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Architect Hermann Kaufmann: Finns have lost contact with the tradition of wood construction
Austrian architect Hermann Kaufmann, who is renowned for modern wood construction, says that Finns have lost contact with the tradition of wood construction.
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TES method ready for the façade wall renovations of apartment blocks
The use of prefabricated wooden facade elements in the renovation of old concrete apartment blocks has proved to be a cost-effective and technically…
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Minister of Housing and Communications Kiuru: A large debt to be paid in old apartment blocks
Minister of Housing and Communications, Krista Kiuru, thinks that a large number of Finnish apartment blocks built in the 1960s and 70s are…
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Minister Häkämies: An export product – energy-efficient wood construction utilising digital technology
Minister of Employment and the Economy, Jyri Häkämies, sees the development of wood construction as part of green industry, which is enjoying strong…
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Energy and environmental regulations for building favour wood construction
In the coming years, environmental impact assessment (EIA) will be applied comprehensively to construction. New energy regulations for the construction of new buildings…
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The speed of wood construction a significant competitive advantage
Timo Sotavalta, Head of Real Estate Investments at Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company, considers the speed of wood construction to be its key…
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Development project for the Peltosaari district of Riihimäki attracts interest at home and abroad
The renovation to a passive level of the Innova apartment block in the Peltosaari district of Riihimäki with prefabricated passive wooden façade elements…
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Growth in wood construction creates new jobs and improves the balance of payments
The processing of wood products and an increase in exports may create many thousands of new jobs in Finland, and the effect on…
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