{"id":1910,"date":"2026-06-12T13:33:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rogatchifoundation.org\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2026-06-12T13:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T13:33:24","slug":"celebrating-70th-birthday-of-prof-rainer-mahlamaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rogatchifoundation.org\/?p=1910","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating 70th Birthday of prof. Rainer Mahlam\u00e4ki"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The Rogatchi Foundation is glad to congratulate our friend and a long-time colleague, member of the Foundation’s International Advisory Board prof. Rainer Mahlam\u00e4ki<\/strong> with his 70th anniversary, and to wish\u00a0 Rainer many more happy, healthy , interesting and productive years full of creativity and achievements.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rainer Mahlam\u00e4ki opening his 70th anniversary party in the Lahdelma and Mahlam\u00e4ki Architects office in Helsinki, Finland. June 2026. (C) The Rogatchi Foundation. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Mahlam\u00e4ki is known as a visionary in modern architecture, with many landmark projects both in Finland and beyond it, including various museums, such as Museum of Finnish Forest Luusto and Museum of Nature Haltia, Folk Art Centre in Kaustinen with its unique acoustic and Maritime Centre Vellamo, University campuses and centres in Helsinki, POLIN Museum in Warsaw and the Lost Shtetl Museum in Lithuania, and many very interesting projects for museums from Munich to Oman and from London to Montreal, many of which has got a special jury prizes and recognitions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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POLIN Museum , Warsaw, Poland, one of the best known history museums in the world. (C) Lahdelma and Mahlam\u00e4ki Architects. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Classic intellectual, person who is very well versed in literature, history and music, and who possess an engaging curiosity towards life and its various dimensions, Rainer is a top-level professional who, according to his life-long friend, closest colleague and partners in the Landelma & Mahlam\u00e4ki Architects Finland Ilmari Lahdelma has produced \u2018 a new layer in the modern architecture\u2019, and who is always looking for a new horizon, both professionally and in his unmistaken way of humanity. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The Lost Shtetl Museum, Seduva, Lithuania, opened in September 2025. (C) The Rogatchi Foundation.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

We were glad to congratulate Rainer at the Special Party for a Special Man in Helsinki, alongside many of his colleagues, Finnish architects of all generations, family and friends. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jazz Session at the Rainer Mahlam\u00e4ki’s 70th anniversary party. Helsinki, June 2026. (C) The Rogatchi Foundation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of our friend and colleague, The Rogatchi Foundation was happy to present prof. Mahlam\u00e4ki Michael\u00a0 Rogatchi\u2019s Reminiscence ( 1996), the well-known artist\u2019s homage to van Gogh, which also will be presented at the Art Basel 2026 later in June 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the celebration address, the foundation has mentioned: \u201c We hope that Michael\u2019s special artwork dedicated to one of the best ever geniuses of art, will bring you joy. We are glad that Vincent will live at your home. It is a good place for him to be\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Michael Rogatchi (C). Reminiscence. Homage to Vincent van Gogh. Oil on cardboard. 46 x 30 cm. 1996. Private collection of prof. Rainer Mahlam\u00e4ki, Helsinki, Finland. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

We are wishing many more joyful, healthy and productive years to Rainer Mahlam\u00e4ki, one of the leading Finnish and European architects, talented visionary and true humanist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2026. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rogatchi Foundation is glad to congratulate our friend and a long-time colleague, member of the Foundation’s International Advisory Board prof. Rainer Mahlam\u00e4ki with his 70th anniversary, and to wish\u00a0 Rainer many more happy, healthy , interesting and productive years full of creativity and achievements.\u00a0 Prof. Mahlam\u00e4ki is known as a visionary in modern architecture,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activities","category-events","category-news","tw-meta-no-icon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rogatchifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rogatchifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rogatchifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rogatchifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rogatchifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rogatchifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1921,"href":"https:\/\/www.rogatchifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1910\/revisions\/1921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rogatchifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rogatchifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rogatchifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rogatchifoundation.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}