Full Name Peka Salminen Name Pekka Salminen Practice PES Architects | Occupation Architect Nationality Finnish | |
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Awards Order of the Croatian Star, Medal for Merits in CultureProfessor, honorary title granted by the President of Finland Buildings Wuxi Grand Theatre, Wuxi, ChinaHelsinki-Vantaa Airport, FinlandConcert Hall St. Mary's Church, Neubrandenburg, Germany | ||
Valtaa mun sydamein jeesus pekka salminen
Pekka Salminen (born 11 August 1937 in Tampere) is a Finnish Professor of Architecture and founder and a senior partner of PES-Architects, formed in 1968, in Helsinki, Finland. He is also the founder of Unije Workshop International UWI, and the Centre for Architecture and Urban Planning, formed in Unije, Croatia, in 1987.
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- Valtaa mun sydamein jeesus pekka salminen
- PES Architects design philosophy and major works
- Memberships and Honors
- Major awards
- Main works
- References
He received a B.Sc. in Architecture from Tampere Institute of Technology in 1960, and an M.Sc. in Architecture from Helsinki University of Technology, 1966. At that time he was employed by notable Finnish architect Timo Penttilä and worked on the design of Penttilä's most notable work Helsinki City Theatre, completed in 1967. On Penttilä's death in 2011, Salminen wrote the chief obituary in the Finnish architectural press. Salminen is a member of the Finnish Association of Architects SAFA and the Association of Croatian Architects.