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    Project Review — 3.12.2025

    With Lieto Church, Architects Were Given a Task Not Undertaken in Finland for a Century

    The renewed and extended medieval stone church of Lieto tests the most unshakable foundations of architectural heritage thinking, writes Panu Savolainen.

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    Project Review — 28.11.2025
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    Red on Red

    The first prize in the open competition brought the young architects a commission for a large school building in Lappeeenranta.

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    Project Review — 28.11.2025
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    A Lesson on Locality

    A new school in the Helsinki district of Käpylä elegantly plays with architectural themes from different decades.

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    Project Review — 1.4.2025

    The Raccoon’s Washroom

    A swimming hall adapts skilfully to its diverse neighbours – a zoo and 1970s hotel.

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    Project Review — 1.4.2025

    Echoes of the Past

    The renovation of a 1970s office building utilized an exceptional amount of old building components.

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    Project Review — 1.4.2025

    The Difficult Art of Restraint

    The renovation of Finlandia Hall has sought to preserve the building’s 1970s atmosphere while avoiding the creation of a new temporal layer. Even subtle changes nevertheless pose a risk to the original architecture.

    Project Review — 1.4.2025

    New Lease of Life for an Architectural Gem

    Myyrmäki Church, considered Juha Leiviskä’s magnus opus, underwent a major renovation in which the ambience in the most central spaces was preserved.

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    Project Review — 1.3.2025

    A Park in a School

    The large school building blends seamlessly with its park-like surrounds thanks to two wise design insights.

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    Project Review — 1.3.2025

    A Centrepiece for an Office Campus

    The Hatsinanpuisto Park features a stream that is home to endangered trout in the middle of a business block.

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    Project Review — 1.3.2025

    Room for a Machine

    The cool and stylish heating plant follows in the footsteps of modernist industrial architecture.

    Project Review — 1.3.2025

    Glimpse of the Sea

    The apartment buildings at the edge of the Haukilahdenranta linked house district introduce a new scale to the area.

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    Project Review — 1.3.2025

    A Hospital on the Arctic Circle

    The new extension to the Lapland Central Hospital complements rationally the old main hospital building, but at the same time represents a new, more humane healthcare environment.

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    Project Review — 1.2.2025

    Where Can One Find Housing Reform?

    The reform of housing construction often requires completed pioneering buildings. We asked Jyrki Tarpio, a postdoctoral researcher in housing design, to evaluate the apartment buildings presented in the Housing Reform issue (2/2025) that originate from Housing Reform architectural competitions and the City of Helsinki’s Re-Thinking Urban Housing programme.

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    Project Review — 1.1.2025

    Cold and Warm

    New premises have been built for a university of applied sciences adjacent to an events centre, in the Port of ​​Kantasatama in Kotka.

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    Project Review — 1.1.2025

    Bridge of Changing Values

    The bridge designed by landscape architecture office Maanlumo creates a new urban space through the synergy of change and preservation.

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