Moreau Kusunoki Wins Guggenheim Helsinki Design Competition with Lighthouse Proposal

Paris-based Moreau Kusunoki has been selected by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation to design the new Guggenheim Helsinki, winning a competition that began in June 2014. Their winning proposal, titled Lighthouse, emerged from 1,715 anonymous submissions. The competition sparked local controversy over costs and the building's prominent harbor location, as reported by the New York Times. Moreau Kusunoki receives a €100,000 cash award. Five finalist teams each earn €55,000: agps architecture Ltd. from Zurich and Los Angeles, Asif Khan Ltd. from London, Fake Industries Architectural Agonism with offices in New York, Barcelona, and Sydney, and SMAR Architecture Studio based in Madrid and Western Australia.