Lighthouse - wooden 14-storey house, Joensuu

Lighthouse - wooden 14-storey house, Joensuu

Joensuu Lighthouse is the tallest, completely wooden 14-storey residential building in Finland. There are 117 apartaments in Lighthouse, mainly targeted for students. AINS Goup was responsible for the demanding design of wood structures. New materials and combinations of materials have been piloted in the Lighthouse. Except for the first floor, the vertical parts of the frame of the concrete pile-based building are made of laminated veneer lumber (LVL) and horizontal planks of cross-laminated timber (CLT). 

Location

Joensuu

Client

Opiskelija-asunnot oy Joensuun Elli

Services

Wood structures

Size

4 786 kem²

Awards

RIL Prize 2019

Cost

14.5 M€

Completion

2019