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Project Review

Project Review — 1.1.2025

And Then There Was White

With the completion of the new office and hotel building, the dominance of red brick on the Katajanokka waterfront gives way to white.

Project Review — 1.4.2024

Spirit of the 1980s

The premises of the Supreme Administrative Court have been updated to meet current needs, but the 1980s atmosphere is also very much present.

Project Review — 1.4.2024

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.

Project Review — 1.4.2024

A First Step in Housing

Photo: Mika Huisman The student apartments in Korttelikylä are spacious, light-filled and well-functioning. Student housing is often associated with images of ghettos and social problems due to the high concentration of residents and a socioeconomic homogeneity.

Project Review — 1.4.2024

Skilfully Efficient

The efficient use of space in the new Lamminrahka School Centre does not take away from the utility and natural light in the spaces.

Project Review — 1.3.2024

Time Traveling

In the recent renovation of the Finnish National Theatre’s Small Stage there is no appreciable distinction between the materials of different ages or the temporal layers, but rather a theatre visit takes you back to the 1950s.

Project Review — 1.3.2024

A Stadium and a Place

With the new stadium carefully adapted to its surroundings, a quiet corner of Tammela has become a vibrant part of the city district.

Project Review — 1.3.2024

Vision and Form

Kotka’s new events centre is ALA Architects’ latest take on the theme of a sculptural main facade.

Project Review — 1.2.2024

Piloting Radical Change

Located in Huopalahti’s railway station milieu, the new terraced house is built from solid wood and uses old, familiar solutions that are remarkably unfamiliar to modern construction.

Project Review — 1.2.2024

Light and Air

The three-storey apartment building blends in with the 1930s architecture of Helsinki’s Töölö district, in terms of both its appearance and structure.

Project Review — 1.2.2024

Wooden Charm in a Concrete Neighbourhood

A CLT-frame daycare centre introduces fresh shapes and a pleasant milieu for children in Oulu’s Kaijonharju.

Project Review — 1.1.2024

Under the Trees in Turku

The wooden pavilions create sheltered spaces in the renovated Turku Market Square.

Project Review — 1.1.2024

Not Only in Eliel Saarinen’s Footsteps

The mark of the hand of architects from several different eras was preserved in the renovation of Lahti City Hall.

Project Review — 1.1.2024

Hidden in Plain Sight

The lighting poles in Helsinki’s Senate Square have been designed with exceptional attention to detail, even though no one is actually supposed to notice them.

Project Review — 1.1.2024

The New School Fills A Quarter of a Block in Kuopio – with Many Different Characters

The Lumit Upper Secondary School is a welcome addition to Kuopio’s cityscape and school selection.

Stories

And Then There Was White

Spirit of the 1980s

Three Little Coloured Blocks

A First Step in Housing

Skilfully Efficient

Time Traveling

A Stadium and a Place

Vision and Form

Piloting Radical Change

Light and Air

Wooden Charm in a Concrete Neighbourhood

Under the Trees in Turku

Not Only in Eliel Saarinen’s Footsteps

Hidden in Plain Sight

The New School Fills A Quarter of a Block in Kuopio – with Many Different Characters