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Colour is an inseparable characteristic of architecture that has its distinct, long and diverse traditions independent of the developments in fine arts.
Photo: Tuomas Uusheimo The Kirjailijakortteli city block, located in Helsinki’s Meilahti district, is comprised of three residential buildings that play with colours and materials. Located in the centre of three streets, Mannerheiminite, Topeliuksenkatu and Stenbäckinkatu, there is a wedge-shaped plot.
In the 1980s Raili and Reima Pietilä found an old yard milieu where to spend their free time. The Pietiläs both designed their own saunas on the property.
The former chocolate factory in the province of Girona, Spain, was converted into a second home by Anna & Eugeni Bach, by carrying out carefully thought-out alterations.
The interesting history of the short-lived 1920–30s Soviet art school Vkhutemas is discussed in detail for the first time ever.