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In addition to the parking facility, the hybrid building in Kruunuvuorenranta residential area by NRT Architects also fits communal facilities as well as a vertical pedestrian access leading from the street level to the park.
Infill construction, wooden building and many other contemporary topics in architecture are also related to colour design, Saara Pyykkö points out.
Photo Kuvatoimisto Kuvio / Anders Portman Weathered wooden planks from an old barn inspired Avanto Architects to design a pitch black facade. The seemingly simple storage building for whiskey barrels required material testing and novel thinking.
Anna & Eugeni Bach, Mies Missing Materiality, 2018. Photo Adrià Goula The Finnish-Spanish architect duo Anna and Eugeni Bach are active cultural operators in Barcelona.
The apartment building for seniors by Huttunen-Lipasti Architects is one of the recent infill projects that aims to densify Helsinki in the spirit of current objectives.
Focusing solely on volume is not enough in housing construction – high quality is also required. Jyrki Tarpio argues we need more discussion the quality.
A manor designed by the architect trio Gesellius-Lindgren-Saarinen was one of the most perfect total works of art in Finnish Art Nouveau. Exhibition in the Museum of Finnish Architecture showcases the building.
The exhibition by the Design Museum, London, sheds an eye on the idea of home through past visions 20th century.
British architectural writer combines wittiness, nosiness, old and new, as well as high and low culture in his essay collection.
To mark the 10th anniversary, selected highlights from Apartamento's back issues have been brought together as a book.
Housing affects everyone. This can also be problematic.
What is it like to live in a house designed by Alvar Aalto? Sanna Tegel examines Christine and Göran Schildt's home in Tammisaari.
Housing is like a mirror that reflects the kind of society we live in. What could we learn and what sort of perspectives could we gain if we were to look back in time?
In April 2019 the designer trio Antti Soini, Leo Lindroos and Tuuli Kanerva won the Housing Reform Helsinki – Housing 2020 architecture competition for a site in Jätkäsaari. What sort of ideas lie behind the winning proposal?
Kirsi Korhonen and Mika Penttinen are known particularly for their housing projects.
