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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.
The Lumit Upper Secondary School is a welcome addition to Kuopio’s cityscape and school selection.
A new hotel in the heart of Helsinki raises thoughts on the link between ideas and architecture.
The Pasila machine workshop, which once manufactured railway carriages, has been renovated in stages for new uses, experience being accumulated along the way.
An art museum in Ekenäs shows us that architecture plays a role in revitalising small towns.
The renovation of Lauttasaari Church showed that the spirit of church building in the 1950s fits exceptionally well with the needs of parish life today.
The log-constructed Monio High School and Community Centre is not so much an homage to tradition as it is a novel experiment in industrial construction.
The daycare centre in Tuusula aims for sustainability while offering children interesting spatial experiences.
The new main building of the Hyytiälä Forestry Field Station brings a touch of Japan to a Finnish lakeside landscape.
A workplace hub next to Helsinki Airport is gradually transforming into a walkable urban district. The area’s newest attraction is a small event pavilion with a mission larger than its size.
The architects’ experience and the impact of building using a life-cycle model are evident in the architecture of Puotila Primary School.
The height of the old factory halls and the corner balconies bring expressive quality to the apartments in the housing block designed in and around a former factory.
Kuva: Kuvatoimisto Kuvio A perimeter block in Helsinki’s Kruununhaka district now boasts two new multistorey residential buildings. The block composition became more compact, but the impact is more spacious than before.
The apartment building in Helsinki’s Kallio district is firmly rooted both in the architecture of a hundred years ago and in the present day.
On the grounds of the Gösta Serlachius Museum in Mänttä is a sauna building that combines art and a south European interpretation of the Finnish sauna bathing tradition.
