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Phenomena — 1.3.2025

Three Cases of Nordic Suburban Renewal

The renovation, infill and renewal of suburban neighbourhoods built during the 1960s and 1970s is a burning issue across Europe. The three examples demonstrate the ways in which this problem has been addressed in Sweden and Denmark.

Phenomena — 1.3.2025

Transforming Suburbs – Viewpoints from Finnish Cities

Residential districts built between the 1950s and 1980s constitute a large geographic segment of Finnish cities. We asked those in charge of urban planning in our largest cities how the suburbs in their cities are being developed right now.

Research — 1.3.2025

The Promise of Medium-Density Housing

A city that provides room for both people and nature might be found somewhere between apartment blocks and detached houses. The Asuma research project gives a new benchmark for optimal urban density.

Essay — 1.3.2025

Photo Essay: In the Shadow of a Spectacle

A great tension in the urban space has arisen in Espoo in the 2020s, between the city built in the 1960s–1990s and the large, bold construction projects that are rapidly demanding the space for themselves. Photographer Henri Salonen has captured the city’s transformation.

Essay — 1.3.2025

Whose Voice Is Heard?

An architect can use their professional skills to ensure that the needs of more residents are taken into account in urban planning. The Elonkirjon kaupunki project develops alternative plans as a means to tackle the shortcomings of both official participation processes and urban activism.

Project Review — 1.3.2025

Glimpse of the Sea

The apartment buildings at the edge of the Haukilahdenranta linked house district introduce a new scale to the area.

Project Review — 1.3.2025

A Hospital on the Arctic Circle

The new extension to the Lapland Central Hospital complements rationally the old main hospital building, but at the same time represents a new, more humane healthcare environment.

Project Review — 1.3.2025

A Park in a School

The large school building blends seamlessly with its park-like surrounds thanks to two wise design insights.

Project Review — 1.3.2025

A Centrepiece for an Office Campus

The Hatsinanpuisto Park features a stream that is home to endangered trout in the middle of a business block.

Project Review — 1.3.2025

Room for a Machine

The cool and stylish heating plant follows in the footsteps of modernist industrial architecture.

Book — 1.3.2025

The History that Paris Skipped

Justinien Tribillon shines a spotlight on the zone between the core of Paris and the suburbs, discovering a controversial and neglected side of the city.

Book — 1.3.2025

Banal Revival

The book discussing the concept of banal is a welcome addition to the ongoing debate on value and demolition in the construction sector.

Letters to the Editor — 1.3.2025

Let’s Take a Pause on the New Museum of Architecture and Design

Do we clearly understand why the museum requires an entirely new building, especially at a cost of one hundred million euros, ask Pedro Aibéo and Mark Linder.

Phenomena — 1.2.2025

A Realized Social Utopia

19th-century France and the small town of Guise, about 200 kilometres north of Paris, offer inspiration for concepts of more communal living.

Case Study — 1.2.2025

A Carpet’s Many Patterns

Between a detached house and an apartment building there is room for more diverse building typologies that both save space for nature and offer a detached house-like living experience.