Based in Helsinki, Livady Architects is a versatile architectural practice. While we work across all scales, from details to buildings and landscape design, our special interest and expertise lie in the restoration, adaptation, and transformation of wooden buildings of historic value and in new wooden construction that learns from best historical practices.
We are committed to healthy, ecological, and sustainable building solutions. We master both historical and contemporary building technologies, using natural materials for resource efficiency and longevity. High aesthetic and technical quality is always our aim.
Alongside design tasks, we do advanced research on building and restoration techniques as well as on built environment and public space. We produce statements on building history and cultural environments, needed in the legal processes of planning and building permission.
We actively partake in societal debate on the values of built environment and sustainable technologies. We publish books and articles, engage in teaching in the Finnish Schools of Architecture, and in processes to renew the legal base and regulations of the building sector in Finland.
In 2016, Livady Architects was awarded the prestigious State Prize for Architecture.
Livady uses only wind power. We have also invested in wind power producer Lumituuli Oy.
Livady supports nature conservation work. In 2020 we donated to the Finnish Natural Heritage Foundation, which uses the money to purchase and protect diverse forest areas.
Livady Architects is committed to the principles stated in the Finnish Architects Declare Climate and Biodiversity Emergency -network.
https://fi.architectsdeclare.com/
