I am an architect and while studying, we were taught that architects do good. For me that is the same as creating good living environments. I must immediately confess one of the pitfalls that architects fall into, or maybe just my personal shortcoming: We often make generalisations based on a belief of the omnipotence of […]
The 2010 Housing Fair was wrapped up. Amongst Housing Fair visitors on the last day were Mauri Pekkarinen, Minister of Economic Affairs and Markku Rossi, MP. The preliminary results from the visitor feed-back survey indicate that 93 percent of the visitors were either happy or very happy with the Fair. The total number of visitors […]
Jenni Kauhanen and Teemu Krutsin with their baby stepped through the Fair entrance gates on Saturday, the 14th of August, 2010. They received the fair catalogues with a summery surprise package as well as free entrance to the Fair with meals and drinks.Kauhanen and Krutsin live in Kuopio but had been travelling a lot during […]
Minister of Housing Jan Vapaavuori and aids visited the Housing Fair. The Minister was accompanied by Special Adviser Tatu Rauhamäki, Communications Officer Riikka Lamminmäki, Political Secretary Anna Cristina Niesvaara, Special Adviser’s secretary Niina Helenius and the Minister’s secretary Iina Kankainen. The Minister’s party brought with them a much needed rain shower to cool off the […]
On 5 August 2010, the huhdredthousandth visitor stepped through the main entrance gate. Sirja Aalto and Peter Timmermans with children Olivia and Felix were pleasantly surprised by the festive reception when they arrived on a sunny summer day from Loppi at the Housing Fair 2010. Pasi Heiskanen, Managing Director of the Finnish Housing Fair with […]
The Traditional Housing Fair Golf event was held in excellent weather conditions at the old Tarina Golf course. A total of 54 friends of the Housing Fair took part in the event. Results: http://www.tarinagolf.fi/portal/