The story of OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture began in a rural field in Finland, where the now-iconic Karsamaki Shingle Church was built by hand by hundreds of volunteers over half a decade. In the years that followed, OOPEAA has established itself as one of Finland's leading architecture firms, one that is distinguished by a sensitivity to material and craftsmanship -- first under the name Lassila Hirvilammi Architects and, from 2014, as OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture.