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Winner! Finalists in the Design Competition for the New Museum of Architecture and Design
Step into the Future – Experience the Museum of Tomorrow!
The Architecture & Design Museum is on a journey towards a new future. In 2030, the museum will relocate to Makasiiniranta, a vibrant seaside area near Helsinki’s Market Square. A new museum building will rise on the historic harbourfront – an open, inviting, human-scaled space designed for seeing, engaging, and experimenting.
An international design competition was held for the new museum building, with 624 proposals accepted. From these, the jury selected five finalists. The competition culminated in the announcement of the results on September 11, 2025.
The winner of the competition was JKMM Architects, a Finnish architectural practice renowned for its museum architecture, with their proposal “Kumma.” The two-stage competition was anonymous, meaning the authors of the proposals were not known until after the winner had been chosen.
This exhibition offers a glimpse into the museum of the future. It presents the winning design and the four other finalists, while exploring the competition’s many stages and the remarkable diversity of ideas submitted.
We invite you to join us in brainstorming: What kind of museum serves us best today and tomorrow? What spaces would you like to explore? What stories do you want to hear?
Press highlights
Discover the competition’s press highlights here
Exhibition Creators
Exhibition Creators
The exhibition has been curated by the Architecture & Design Museum’s curatorial team: Salla Bedard, Jenni Helenius, Heini Lehtinen, Suvi Saloniemi and Reetta Turtiainen, with Educational Curator Hanna Kapanen. The exhibition architecture is designed by Aalto+Aalto. The exhibition design evokes the setting of the new museum and the lively spirit of Helsinki’s Market Square through a soundscape by sound designer Mikko H. Haapoja.
