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.
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.
Wooden Charm in a Concrete Neighbourhood
A CLT-frame daycare centre introduces fresh shapes and a pleasant milieu for children in Oulu’s Kaijonharju.
A Recipe for Sustainable Construction
The log row house in the wooden residential district of Honkasuo aims to be an example of how to build as sustainably as possible. Is it enough?
Who Does AI Serve?
Only time will tell whether AI can be harnessed to deliver more strength, utility and beauty for all, or whether it will simply be used to drive up profits, writes Toni Österlund.
Architects Need to Learn to Embrace the Complexity of AI
The future of architectural education demands a radical reimagining in how AI is integrated beyond its current role as a mere tool, write Pia Fricker and Toni Kotnik.
More Convincing Designs with AI
Artificial intelligence is especially useful in the early stages of planning – it enhances the factual basis and helps justify design solutions, argues Niko Kautonen.
AI Is Not Born out of Thin Air
Before we can go into the possibilities offered by AI applications, we need to understand what it takes to produce artificial intelligence, writes Ville Paananen.
Intelligence Matters
It has been estimated that, by streamlining the design process, AI will make a large proportion of architects obsolete. We should not rush to take the current guesstimates too seriously, yet it would be wise to reflect on how much of an architect’s work can actually only be managed by the human mind, writes the Editor-in-Chief Kristo Vesikansa.