Mikael Sundman is a Finnish architect and writer. He wrote the polemical book ''Kenen Helsinki''? (Whose Helsinki?) (1970) together with

Vilhelm Helander Arne Anders Vilhem Helander (8 February 1941 – 19 January 2025) was a Finnish architect and Professor of architectural history at Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland from 1986 until 2005, when he became professor emeritus. In Novem ...

, and received the

Eino Leino Prize The Eino Leino Prize is an annual prize awarded to top writers in Finland since 1956, with particular emphasis on poets. It is named after Eino Leino, a pioneer of Finnish poetry. Recipients *1956 Viljo Kajava *1957 Helvi Juvonen *1958 Rabb ...

in 1971. In late 1980s and early 1990s he drew general plans for a new residential area for 7000 people in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

, known as

Arabianranta Arabianranta (; ; literally meaning the "shore of Arabia"), sometimes simply Arabia, is a residential part of Helsinki, Finland. It is bound by Vanhankaupunginlahti bay from east, and connects to neighboring boroughs of Vanhakaupunki in nor ...

.Arabianrannan viimeinenkin talo valmistuu – alueen isä arvioi HS:lle kättensä työn
Helsingin Sanomat 2015

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