Juha Leiviskä 2000–2022

Juha Leiviskä 2000-2022, published by the Museum of Finnish Architecture, invites you to dive into the world of a Finnish architectural maestro and explore his career through the 21st century. Renowned for his humane architecture, architect, designer and academician Juha Leiviskä (1936–2023) is best known for numerous sacral buildings and other public spaces, including the famous Myyrmäki Church in Vantaa. Edited by Elina Standertskjöld, the 264-page book features several expert articles, an essay by Leiviskä, as well as project presentations and a catalog of works with comments by the architect himself. Illustrated with vibrant images, the book is an independent sequel to the Museum of Finnish Architecture's Juha Leiviskä monograph from 1999.

Leiviskä’s buildings have often been described as “architectures of light”, and much has been written about their relationship to music. Yet equally important for him as fundamentals of architecture are movement in space as well as the setting and history of the site, the past and the future. The rhythm of the terrain, whether built or unbuilt, is an important theme of his work. His aim has always been for a building to bring out the best, perhaps hidden, features of its site and to bestow the place with an identity. In his own article, “In Search of Lasting Architectural Values”, Leiviskä sums up his architectural legacy. He talks about the people and places that have been critical to the development of his tenets of architectural design.