A 261-room landmark refurbished from lobby to ballroom

Three ideas carry the interior. The Radisson Collection Wall is a vertical wood-veneer wall that ignites with light and holds art curated from Radisson's catalogue; it anchors the lobby axis and can be re-curated by season. Lighting shifts with the seasons, tuned to a Nordic country's demands — warmer in the long winter evenings, cooler and more transparent at midsummer. And the 'campfire' Royal Ballroom flips from a 400-seat auditorium to an 80-person sub-event with three LED screens along its long wall, without rebuilding.

Four moves the building couldn't have made on its own: a showcase of local woodwork fabricated to gallery tolerances by Finnish makers; sustainability through in-building harvest, with Domus and banquet chairs re-upholstered, bathroom wall tiles preserved and patched from unseen spots, and the lobby stone flooring treated rather than replaced; extensive lighting design that sustains the guest experience through the long winter dark; and technical advancements — booking tablets at every meeting-room door, integrated screens and motorised curtains across the meeting floor.