Case Study Kyrö Distillery, Isokyrö, Finland QUALITY COLORS. COLORED CONCRETE WORKS ®TROMPE-L ’ŒIL IN FINNISH “avanto architects” from Helsinki have designed a stylish barrel storage building for the Kyrö Distillery Company, which was recently awarded the Finnish concrete architec- ture prize. At first glance, the building appears to be clad with old, charred wooden planks. In reality though, it has a raven black pigmented concrete façade with a deceptively r eal wood appear ance. The world’s northernmost gin and whisky distillery is located in the Kyrö river basin, a magnificent landscape with well- preserved farmhouses and the typical old wooden barns that served as inspiration for the new 1,056 sqm black warehouse. The “warehouse” remit may sound simple – however, f

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