Pekka Salminen
Pekka Salminen (11 August 1937 – 30 May 2024) was a Finnish Professor of Architecture and founder and a senior partner of PES-Architects, formed in 1968, in Helsinki, Finland.
Also recorded as Pekka Einari Salminen
Pekka Salminen
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- Name
- Pekka Salminen
- Birth Name
- Peka Salminen
- Born
- 11 August 1937
- Birthplace
- Tampere, Finland
- Died
- 30 May 2024
- Full name
- Pekka Einari Salminen.
- Nationality
- Finland.
- Occupation
- architect.
- Education
- Tampere University of Applied Sciences and Helsinki University of Technology.
- Honours
- Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, State Prize, Order of Danica Hrvatska, SARP Bene Merentibus and Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland.
- Languages
- Finnish.
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Pekka Salminen (11 August 1937 – 30 May 2024) was a Finnish Professor of Architecture and founder and a senior partner of PES-Architects, formed in 1968, in Helsinki, Finland.
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Pekka Salminen studied at Tampere University of Applied Sciences and Helsinki University of Technology. The recorded working language is Finnish. Residence is recorded at Paimio. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Order of the White Rose of Finland, State Prize, Order of Danica Hrvatska and SARP Bene Merentibus.
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• Name — Pekka Salminen • Birth Name — Peka Salminen • Born — 11 August 1937 • Birthplace — Tampere, Finland • Died — 30 May 2024 • Practice — PES Architects • Significant Buildings — Wuxi Grand Theatre, China Marienkirche, Neubrandenburg, Germany
Main works
Main works
• Lahti Ski Museum, Finland, 1999 • Wuxi Grand Theatre, Wuxi, China 2008–2012 • Marienkirche, Neubrandenburg, Germany • Illustration — Marienkirche, Germany
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