Groop & Tiensuu

Our operating method is typically customer-focused; each project is unique from the start. We emphasise uncompromised high quality in our design, technical realisation, building lifecycle, environmental impact and architecture. Our office operates in accordance to the principles of sustainable development, ecological building, life cycle thinking and ecology in design. We often handle all design including kitchens, interiors and landscaping, professionally within our office, without outsourcing.

Bank of Finland administration building extension, alteration and
renovation Vantaa, 2003, 160 m²

Leppäkorpi Kindergarten and Health Clinic
Vantaa, 2004, 1,615 m²

Hyvinkää Youth Hostels Hyvinkää, 2005, 1,500 m²

Housing association Kaari penthouse apartments and restoration
Helsinki, 2005, 550 m²

Nuijamaa customs and border station
Lappeenranta, 2006, 4,900 m²

Bank of Finland Rauhankatu 19 annex building,
alteration and renovation Helsinki, 2006, 4,500 m²

Sininauha foundation, dwelling and rehabilitation units
Helsinki, 2007, 2,400 m²

Recreational villa Ruovesi, 2002, 57 m²

Office and industrial building development Oy Primula Ab
Helsinki, 2003, 40,000 m²

Jorvas Mill, conversion of an old grain mill into an arts college,
Kirkkonummi, 2004, 3,500 m²

Extension of Hotel and Restaurant Paljakka and Paljakka
House,Puolanka, 2004, 7,200 m²

Nuijamaan tulli ja raja-asema (Teräsrakenne 5/2006)

Rakennuksen ulkovaipan peruskorjaus - kaksoisjulkisivu
(Teräsrakenne 5/2006)

Laakakivi Kindergarten (l'architecture d'aujourd'hui 334/2001)

Sauna of the Finnish Ambassador to the EU, Brussels (Puu 4/1999)

Laakakivi Kindergarten (Architecture + Detail 8/1997)

Residential Area in Vuosaari, Helsinki (Architektur + Wettbewerbe 171, 1997)

Kotka Technical School (Architecture Méditerranéenne 50, 1997)

Kotka Technical School (Arkkitehti 1/1997)

Laakakivi Kindergarten (Arkkitehti 4/1994, Architecture + Detail 8/1997)

Hakala Housing Area (Puu 3/1995)

Spa "Maininki" (Arkkitehti 8/1990)

Kiinteistö Oy Mäntymatti (Arkkitehti 3/1988)


2 times 1st Prize

4 times 2nd Prize

2 times 3rd Prize


Leppäkorpi Kindergarten and Health Clinic, Vantaa 1370 m2, 2002-

Nuijamaa Customs and Border Station, Lappeenranta 4900 m2, 2002-

Youth Housing Facility, Lehmustie, Hyvinkää, 1400 m2, 2003-

Sovinto r.y., Student Residence, Laajasalo 2003-

As Oy Kaari, Penthouse Addition and Renovations, 2003-