Interview

Hospital Nova Is Like a Healing Machine

Designing the new central hospital in Jyväskylä made the architects assume a new role as process designers.

Editorial

Editorial 2/2023: Caring for People Needs Architecture

In 2014, the Finnish Architectural Review published an issue on hospital architecture, following the new construction boom. Now is a good moment to examine whether the designs have delivered on the promises made nine years ago.

Article

Many Faces of Care

Who does architecture take care of? How should architecture itself be cared for? We asked architects to provide different viewpoints.

Project Review

Serlachius Art Sauna Offers Luxury in Many Shapes

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.

Article

Architecture of Care in a Welfare State

A child receives a triple vaccine in a health care clinic in Kuusamo in 1961. Photo: Finnish Heritage Agency Finns have alternately built and dismantled the welfare state, depending on political power relations.

Article

Towards a Pattern of a Healthy City

Along with the Covid-19 pandemic, there has been a growing interest in the impact of the living environment on health and wellbeing. A research consortium led by the University of Oulu is trying to find out how future epidemics can be tackled by means of urban planning.