Architecture Is Not Walls, It Is People
Ukrainian architect and historian Ievgeniia Gubkina wrote a book about the architecture of her homeland in the middle of the war.
The Perpetual Motion of Konepaja
The Pasila machine workshop, which once manufactured railway carriages, has been renovated in stages for new uses, experience being accumulated along the way.
Small Town Attraction
An art museum in Ekenäs shows us that architecture plays a role in revitalising small towns.
The Church for the Community
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.
Editorial 5/2023: Fine-Tuning Our Environment
A skilled crafter knows how to combine existing pieces into a new one, to give a mass-produced item an individual look or to come up with a new use for unnecessary, unused things. This would also be a valuable basic skillset for each and every architect, writes Kristo Vesikansa.
Halting New Construction – Interview with Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
The moratorium on new construction is one of the most attention-grabbing manifestos in the field of architecture in recent years. Architect Charlotte Malterre-Barthes, its initiator, explains what the initiative is actually about.
Tuned to Destruction?
Everyday tuning can help maintain and improve buildings, but in the worst cases it can even lead to the building having to be torn down.
Six Lessons from Jyrkkälä
The Turku district of Jyrkkälä shows that a problem neighbourhood of the 1960s and 1970s can be renovated in a sustainable way rather than being demolished.
Contextual Juha Leiviskä
Juha Leiviskä had an unsung ability to fit buildings to their surroundings.