How Does AI Change Architecture?
The six viewpoints published in the Matter and Intelligence issue explore how AI can act as an assistant in creative work, how it helps in designing more sustainable architecture, and what architects should understand about the ethics of AI.
In the Grip of the Abstraction
Buildings and their characteristics should be seen in relation to the societal conditions that created them – not only as a form of aesthetic expression, Pier Vittorio Aureli suggests.
From Industrial Romanticism to Office Romanticism
Could emptying office buildings be saved by an upward trend similar to that which industrial buildings saw during the last century?
Revisit: Kuokkala Centre
The Kuokkala centre shows that urban planning, at its best, is an endurance discipline.
Under the Trees in Turku
The wooden pavilions create sheltered spaces in the renovated Turku Market Square.
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.
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.
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.
A Switch in Time
A new hotel in the heart of Helsinki raises thoughts on the link between ideas and architecture.