Pekka Salminen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Finnish Professor of Architecture and founder and a senior partner of PES Architects
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Place of Birth: Tampere, Finland
About Pekka Salminen
- Pekka Salminen (born 11 August 1937 in Tampere) is a Finnish Professor of Architecture and founder and a senior partner of PES-Architects, formed in 1968, in Helsinki, Finland.
- He is also the founder of Unije Workshop International UWI, and the Centre for Architecture and Urban Planning, formed in Unije, Croatia, in 1987. He received a B.Sc.
- in Architecture from Tampere Institute of Technology in 1960, and an M.Sc.
- in Architecture from Helsinki University of Technology, 1966.
- At that time he was employed by notable Finnish architect Timo Penttilä and worked on the design of Penttilä's most notable work Helsinki City Theatre, completed in 1967.
- On Penttilä's death in 2011, Salminen wrote the chief obituary in the Finnish architectural press.
- Salminen is a member of the Finnish Association of Architects SAFA and the Association of Croatian Architects.
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