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In the renovation of the Jyväskylä University Library, the uses of the building have been completely reorganised, but the atmosphere conceived in the 1970s remains unchanged.
In the hands of a new owner, an old villa in Savonlinna underwent extensive renovations and received a few extra buildings on the grounds. The old and the new are engaging in a dialogue that is both delicate and doubtful.
The Lisbon Architecture Triennale, arranged in various parts of the city, looks at future cities as organisms.
A new Finnish book on housing design discusses the principles of the field in a topical and inspiring way.
Architect Vittorio Magnago Lampugnani casts a critical eye deals on contemporary architecture and urban planning in his collection of writings, now translated into English.
Is the ideal of living in a detached house a thing of the past or a solution for the future?
Architects should get rid of the idealistic view that our task would be to find a solution to any problem, writes Julius Jääskeläinen.
In cities worldwide, people are suffering the effects of a prolonged housing crisis. Housing as a Service has been presented as a solution, but who does it really benefit?
We asked four architects who work with housing design to send us an image of an ideal home or a good dwelling.
Just over a hundred years ago, one particular architect in Helsinki had notable financial success with his exuberantly romantic apartment buildings.
Architect Olli Lehtovuori’s own house has for already half a century served as a laboratory for residential architecture. Its flexible floorplan based on a traditional two-room farmhouse would be applicable even today.
The buildings presented in the Home theme issue made Fernando Nieto think about the design process of a house.
The House by an Architect exhibition presented seven mini houses less than 30 square metres in size as part of the Fiskars Art and Design Biennale. The message of the exhibition ultimately remained unclear, writes Lee Marable.
Several books have been published about Wivi Lönn in connection with the 150th anniversary year. The monograph published in the wake of the Museum of Finnish Architecture's exhibition Long Live Wivi Lönn! is the one most expressly focussed on Lönn’s architecture and career.
The new encyclopedic book brings together a wide selection of non-heteronormative spaces around the world, from history to the present day.
