Avanto Architects and Joanna Laajisto have designed a logistics centre for retailer Finnish Design Shop that features warm timber, a foraged-food restaurant for staff and visitors, and views of the surrounding forest. More about Finnish Design Shop creates forest-set logistics centre to enable "a more sustainable future"
Wooden slats and bleachers provide the multi-faceted volume of this waterfront sauna by Avanto Architects, allowing visitors to climb the roof for a better view of the sea or to lounge in the sun (+ slideshow). More about Avanto Architects builds coastal sauna in Helsinki with a faceted timber "cloak"
A sculptural white staircase lit by a skylight connects an open-plan living space to a mezzanine floor inside this house in Finland by Avanto Architects (+ slideshow). More about Villa Lumi by Avanto Architects has a curving white concrete staircase
Avanto Architects of Helsinki have designed this whitewashed funeral chapel with a copper roof in Vantaa, Finland. More about Chapel of St. Lawrence by Avanto Architects
Helsinki studio Avanto Architects have completed this house with four wings overlooking four distinct views in Virrat, Finland. More about Four-Cornered Villa by Avanto Architects