Pekka Heikkinen has worked as the director of Wood Program since 2000 and as the Professor of Wood Architecture in Aalto University since 2008.

During his career he has been working on tens of design projects with wood, written numerous articles in international and national architecture magazines. He has participated in several research and development projects and has supervised several master theses and doctoral theses. His expertise areas are wood construction, natural building materials, eco-efficient building design and architectural design.

He has received prizes in architectural design competitions and international and national awards in the field of wood construction including Schweighofer Innovation Prize, World Architecture News Award and Rose of Construction.

Pekka Heikkinen was the curator and the chair of 12th International Alvar Aalto Symposium “Crafted”. In 2017 he was awarded as Knight, First Class, of the Order of the Lion of Finland, by the President of the Republic of Finland proposed by the Association of Finnish Architects SAFA