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Phenomena — 1.5.2020

New Colossi

Bigness is becoming a prominent feature of Helsinki’s cityscape. Antti Auvinen’s photographs examine the phenomenon.

Phenomena — 1.5.2020

Bauhaus Legacy Born on the Dunes

Tel Aviv is home to an architectural conservation site consisting of around 4,000 buildings from the 1930s. Following a multi-stage selection process, it was designated a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2003.

Column — 1.5.2020

Time Makes a Monument

Iida Kalakoski examines the changing cityscape of Tampere and equally changing meanings.

Editorial — 1.5.2020

Editorial 5/20: All That Is Solid Melts into Air?

Meanings that architecture conveys are not static but closely tied with the changes in society.

Panel — 1.5.2020

What Defines a Monument?

We asked three experts to tell us what kind of architectural monument piques their interest and to name one example.

Case Study — 1.5.2020

The Monumental Alliance of Finnish Government and Civilization

The Kansalaistori square, with the Parliament House on one side, paired with the Central Library on the other, has become a monumental square for the era of Finnish independence. Ilkka Törmä draws a continuum between it and Senate Square, a monument of tsarist Finland.

Phenomena — 1.5.2020

Under Fifty and Soon Gone

In central Tampere, there are plans to pull down the former National Workers' Savings Bank building to make way for a new, and much taller, development. This doesn't convince Anselmi Moisander.

Book — 1.5.2020

Ruins Revisited

Jonathan Hill's new book approaches the rather well-trodden subject with a fresh angle.

Opinion Piece — 1.4.2020

A New Direction for Critical Regionalism

Architecture is increasingly being asked to acknowledge its social and ecological responsibilities. Critical Regionalism, which emphasises locality, offers one perspective on solving global problems.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.4.2020

Building a Better World – Piece by Piece

The first question architect Heikki Lamusuo and artist Jaana Partanen ask when starting a new project is who will experience it and what feeling they want to evoke with their work.

Phenomena — 1.4.2020

Sharing Isolation

Architect-photographer Pyry Kantonen’s photos offer insight into the life and homes of urban communities during the pandemic.

Column — 1.4.2020

The Weakening Link between Architecture and Social Interaction

Architecture has always sought to find solutions to the challenges inherent in human social interaction, so it perhaps ought to have a role to play online, too, ponders Tommi Aho.

Book — 1.4.2020

An Architect’s Impressive Return to the Limelight

Architect Uno Ullberg was a prominent figure especially in early-20th-century Vyborg. The monograph highlights Ullberg's extensive, diverse and high-quality architectural works.

Book — 1.4.2020

Cape Cod Poet

Architect Olav Hammarström's biography opens new perspectives on the history of modern architecture and design in Finland and the USA.

Book — 1.4.2020

Multiple Times Perriand

In recent years, multiple books on architect and designer Charlotte Perriand have been popping up. Jacques Barsac: Charlotte Perriand: Complete Works.