Tieto Keilalahti Campus/Microsoft Talo (formerly named Nokia House) is the
head office
Headquarters (commonly referred to as HQ) denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top ...
building of
Tieto
Tietoevry Oyj, Tietoevry Corporation, (Tieto prior to Jun 2019) is a Finnish IT software and service company providing IT and product engineering services. Tietoevry is domiciled in Espoo, Finland, and the company's shares are listed on the NASDA ...
and
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washing ...
Finland, located in
Keilaniemi
Keilaniemi ( sv, Kägeludden) is a district in the south-eastern part of Espoo, Finland.
Geography
Keilaniemi is bordered by the university district of Otaniemi to the north, the commercial/residential district of Tapiola to the west, the Keila ...
,
Espoo
Espoo (, ; sv, Esbo) is a city and municipality in the region of Uusimaa in the Republic of Finland. It is located on the northern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordering the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Vihti and Nurmijärvi ...
, just outside
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of U ...
, the capital of
Finland
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.
History
![Nokian pääkonttori Keilaniemessä](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Nokian_p%C3%A4%C3%A4konttori_Keilaniemess%C3%A4.jpg)
The campus was built between 1995-1997 as headquarters for
Nokia
Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporatio ...
by architect Pekka Helin.
It comprises three separate structures: The two most southern parts of the building were built in the early 1990s and the third, most northern part was built in 2000.
Nokia operated in the building from 1997 to 2014, with around 5000 employees working in the premises.
They owned the building up until December 2012, when it was announced that it had been sold to Finland-based Exilion for €170 million. Nokia continued using the building as its head office, leasing it on a long-term basis.
The building was transferred to
Microsoft Mobile
Microsoft Mobile was a subsidiary of Microsoft involved in the development and manufacturing of mobile phones. Based in Espoo, Finland, it was established in 2014 following the acquisition of Nokia's Devices and Services division by Microsoft i ...
as part of the sale of Nokia's mobile phone business to Microsoft in April 2014, at which point the building was renamed ''Microsoft Talo'' (literally ''Microsoft House''). Nokia subsequently relocated its headquarters to its former
Nokia Networks
Nokia Networks (formerly Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)) is a multinational data networking and telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Espoo, Finland, and wholly owned subsidiary of Nokia Corp ...
offices in
Karaportti to the north.
In 2015
Tieto
Tietoevry Oyj, Tietoevry Corporation, (Tieto prior to Jun 2019) is a Finnish IT software and service company providing IT and product engineering services. Tietoevry is domiciled in Espoo, Finland, and the company's shares are listed on the NASDA ...
announced its intention to move its head office to part of the building, with the move taking place in early 2017. Microsoft Mobile closed down in 2017 when its assets were acquired by
HMD Global
HMD Global Oy, branded as HMD and Nokia Mobile, is a Finnish mobile phone manufacturer. The company is made up of the mobile phone business that Nokia sold to Microsoft in 2014, then bought back in 2016. HMD began marketing Nokia-branded smar ...
, however, Microsoft is still a major tenant in the building complex, where they usually host events like the Keilaniemi Toastmasters.
In December 2017, Exilion sold the building to Germany-based Deutsche Asset Management (part of
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank AG (), sometimes referred to simply as Deutsche, is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Sto ...
) for 164 million euros.
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Gallery
Nokia headquarters main entrance.jpg, Main entrance
Nokia headquarters (7).jpg, Inside
Nokia headquarters (5).jpg, Inside
Nokia headquarters (9).jpg, Inside
Nokia headquarters (1).jpg, Inside
Nokia headquarters (3).jpg, Inside
Nokia headquarters (2).jpg, Inside
Nokia headquarters (4).jpg, Inside
See also
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Apple Campus
The Apple Campus is the former corporate headquarters of Apple Inc. from 1993 until 2017, when it was largely replaced by Apple Park, though it is still used by Apple as office and lab space. The campus is located at 1 Infinite Loop in Cupertin ...
References
External links
Contacts
Buildings and structures in Espoo
Office buildings in Finland
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