Jani Ristimäki: The Loft House

Olla Architecture, Finland

Olla Architecture (previously known as ParviainenArchitects) wants to shake up conventional architecture and the ways it’s created. TheHelsinki-basedcompany brings all the required expertise to the same table. Ollacombines skills from various fields; connects confidence to experience and ideas to theability to realise them. The cooperation results in environments that understand peopleand nature and that transcend conventional architecture.
In Finnish, “Olla” means “to be”. The name reflects the fundamental and multifacetednature of design: Olla wants to show what architecture at its best can be. The company’swork extends from schools to culturalsites and from working environments to technicalfacilities–all areas of life that can be improved through responsible, high-quality architecture.