Jury Unanimous on Winning Design of Helsinki's New Harbourside Museum

New Helsinki museum project selects Kumma as winning design

A new national museum of architecture and design will be built in Helsinki's South Harbour after a design by JKMM Architects was selected as the winner of an international competition. The proposal, titled Kumma, was chosen from more than 600 entries submitted to a two-phase competition. Five finalists were shortlisted before the jury selected Kumma as the winning concept. The result was announced on Thursday at Helsinki City Hall.

Jury unanimous on winning design of Helsinki's new harbourside museum

An open and anonymous competition to design the Museum of Architecture and Design received over 600 entries from around the world.

JKMM Architects wins global competition to design Finland's new museum

Helsinki-based firm JKMM Architects has won a global competition to design Finland’s new Museum of Architecture and Design. Due to open in 2030, the new museum will be located in a 10,050-square-metre building on the waterfront in Helsinki’s South Harbour. The €105 million project will merge the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum Helsinki, with construction now set to start in 2027. JKMM Architects’ design, known as Kumma, was …

Finnish practice JKMM named winner in Helsinki museum contest

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Meet the architects of Finland’s new Museum of Architecture and Design

JKMM has been announced the winner of the competition to design the prestigious new Museum of Architecture and Design of Finland in Helsinki