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The building is carefully designed to complement the neighboring Stora Enso headquarters by Alvar Aalto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The building has won two prestigious Finnish awards: <a href=\"https:\/\/puuinfo.fi\/2024\/11\/06\/vuoden-2024-puupalkinnon-voittaja-on-katajanokan-laituri\/?lang=en\">Puupalkinto 2024 (Wood Award)<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arkkitehtuurinfinlandia.fi\/en\/finalists\/katajanokan-laituri\">Finlandia Prize for Architecture 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A defining feature of the project is its long, curved double fa\u00e7ade, engineered to withstand harsh maritime conditions. The fa\u00e7ade\u2019s complexity was developed by <a href=\"https:\/\/geometria.fi\/\">Geometria Architecture<\/a>, commissioned by Haka Pks Oy, through advanced computational design and fabrication modeling. 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