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.
The Construction Industry Needs Tailoring
What if architects applied the practices of recycled fashion in solving the climate crisis?
Quiet Labours – On Care and Yrjönkatu Swimming Hall
What is it like to renovate a hundred-year-old building? Ulla Engman writes about the Yrjönkatu Swimming Hall and a type of care work.
Concept: Spolia – “An Ancient Tool for Contemporary Circular Economy”
The history of spolia dates back to the collapse of Ancient Rome and following propaganda of the Christian church. Nowadays, it could serve as a tool for repurposing building components, particularly when it comes to our endangered, post-1950s building stock.
Revisit: Vuoranta Training Centre
Many types of intergenerational encounters define the faith of the former training centre in Vuoranta.
Aviapolis District Searches for an Identity with the Help of a Small Pavilion
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.
Revisit: The First Sign of Criticism
A Modernist manifesto emerged from the Finnish Architectural Review in the wake of the 1970s.