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A meeting point of people, culture and information
 In 1995, Sanoma organised an
architectural competition for the design of a new head office. The
contest was won by Prof. Jan Söderlund and Architect Antti-Matti
Siikala with their translucent glass creation, which is the
forerunner of a new international trend of glass architecture in
Finland. Special attention was given in the design to the glass
concepts of facades: generous use of glass underscores the openness
and lightness of the building.
Sanoma House in situated at the very center of Helsinki, to the
north of the Helsinki Railway Station and the Main Post Office,
beside Kiasma, the Museum of Contemporary art.
The first floor of Sanoma House is covered space largely open to
the public, with the building divided along two diagonal axes
forming pedestrian thoroughfares. One diagonal axis opens up to the
Eliel Squre entrance on the western side of the railway station and
heads to the National Museum in Töölö. The other diagonal axis
starts on the second floor, from the Kiasma direction (the Museum
of Contemporary Art). The entrance to Sanoma News is from the
northeast, from the Töölönlahti Bay direction (adress:
Töölönlahdenkatu 2).
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