The expertise of Harris-Kjisik Architects focuses on urban spatial regeneration and strategic planning, as well as the design of hospitals, health centres, universities, museums, schools, nurseries, low rise and multi-storey housing.y Since then the office has won over forty prizes and awards in national and international architectural and urban planning competitions. Their work has been widely pu
blished in professional journals and appeared in major exhibitions, including the Biennale in Venice in 2004 and 2006. Harris and Kjisik received the Finnish State Award for Architecture in 2018. Both founding partners have been actively involved in teaching activities as well as in research both at home and abroad. They have been members of numerous competition juries and give regular lectures around the world. Since 2019 responsibility for directing the practice has been augmented with two new partners, architects Henna Iinsalo and Hannu Louna. The core group at the office consists of about two dozen people. The office has an extensive working network of associated architectural practices as well as landscape architects, interior designers to structural and mechanical engineers, logistics and traffic specialists, as well as commercial experts. The office is able to offer an architect-led comprehensive and effective complete design team to handle projects of any scale and complexity whether they be building or urban design tasks.
