Docked icebreakers are an essential part of the Katajanokka shore environment. The new headquarters of Arctia Shipping Ltd. are placed in a floating office building in front of the listed main building of the Finnish ministry of Foreign Affairs which was originally designed by C. L. Engel. The horizontal massing and customized black steel facades relate to the black hulls of the adjacent ice breaker ships. The head quarters building can be seen as one the vessels. The interior of the black 'steel ship' is constructed of lacquered wood which relates to earlier ship building traditions.