Education
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.
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Pekka Salminen
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He received a Bachelor of Science in Architecture from Tampere Institute of Technology in 1960, and an Master of Science in Architecture from Helsinki University of Technology, 1966. On Penttilä"s death in 2011, Salminen wrote the chief obituary in the Finnish architectural press
Achievements
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Professor, honorary title granted by the President of Finland, 1998 President of Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA), 1986–1987 President of Association of Finnish Architects" Offices (ATL), 1998–1999 Member of Finnish Academy of Sciences, 2002– Finnish State Prize for the Arts, 2002 The Order of the Croatian Star, Medal for Merits in Culture, 2003 Member of Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA), 1966– Member of Croatian Association of Architects (UHA), 1996– Member of Berlin Chamber of Architects, Germany, 1997– Honorary member of OISTAT Finland (International Organization of Scenographers and Theatre Architects), 2009– Founder and Senior Partner of Party of European Socialists -Architects (since 1968), Helsinki, Finland. Party of European Socialists -Architects Consulting (Shanghai) Company Limited, China, established in 2011 Founder of Unije Workshop International UWI, Centre for Architecture and Urban Planning, Unije, Croatia, 1987– In China, over 50 architecture competitions, 10 first prizes, 2003–2012 Finnish Concrete Prize 1977, 1982, 1994, 2001. Honorary mention 1990 Finnish Steel Prize 1999, honorary mention 2001 State Prize Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2002, Germany European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe Award, 2003 nominee, 2003 German Architecture Prize, 2003 German Concrete Architecture Prize, 2003 City of Wuxi Architecture Award 2012, China.
Membership
Salminen is a member of the Finnish Association of Architects SAFA and the Association of Croatian Architects. Member of Finnish Academy of Sciences, 2002–
Member of Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA), 1966–
Member of Croatian Association of Architects (UHA), 1996–
Member of Berlin Chamber of Architects, Germany, 1997–
Honorary member of OISTAT Finland (International Organization of Scenographers and Theatre Architects), since 2009.
