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Project Review — 1.5.2019

The Renovated Cradle of Humanist Learning

The main building of University of Jyväskylä, designed by Alvar Aalto in 1956, has in the past suffered from a sick building syndrome. Now, newly renovated it returns to its central role on campus.

Book — 1.5.2019

Architecture in Shrunken Terms

Brent Heavener's Tiny House suggests, that sustainable building could also mean designing compelling spatial experiences.

People — 1.5.2019

Studio Visit: Matti Kuittinen –Siding with Sustainability

Since the summer of 2019, Matti Kuittinen has held a new and rare title – Professor of Resource-Efficient Construction and Environmental Impacts.

Column — 1.5.2019

Enough of Too Little for Too Many – Time for Enough for All!

In this era of climate emergency, biodiversity collapse, and social inequality, every industry, art form, and endeavour must question its practice, Maria Smith, one of the curators of Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019, suggests.

Essay — 1.5.2019

An Architecture Shaped by the Wind, the Water and the Sun

All too often, discussions about sustainability in architecture are reduced to the technical performance of buildings. Japanese architect Hiroshi Sambuichi's more lyrical approach inspires Maiju Suomi.

Visions — 1.5.2019

Life After Coal at Hanasaari

A studio course held by Aalto University last summer focussed on life after coal. The students planned new uses for the Hanasaari coal-fired power plant.

Editorial — 1.5.2019

Editorial 5/19: The Weight of Sustainability

Does anyone know of an architect who would not want to work in a sustainable manner?

Essay — 1.5.2019

New Levels of Landscape Analysis

Conventional landscape analyses need updating. For instance, stormwaters are part of ecological systems, but their management can also produce meaningful urban places, suggests Daniel Falck.

Essay — 1.5.2019

Reclaiming Expertise

Architects can exert an influence on what is regarded as sustainable construction, but do architects understand their responsibilities? asks Lars-Erk Mattila.

User's Viewpoint — 1.5.2019

On a Path Toward Ecological Living

Talo Kissankäpälä is one of the first single-family houses with natural stack ventilation in the Helsinki metropolitan area that was built after the new Finnish energy regulations came into effect.

Book — 1.5.2019

Did You Read the Manual?

Buckminster Fuller's classic is still timely after 50 years of its publication.

Project Review — 1.5.2019

A Nature Trail in the Grip of Culture and the Past

How to maintain the innate wildness of nature while making it available for everyone? Hanna Johansson visits the recreational path in Lammassaari, Helsinki.

Phenomena — 1.4.2019

Visible Space for Creation

Design has long been taught at Helsinki’s Arabia district, and now a brand-new higher education cluster, specialising in the creative industries, is about to lay claim to this historic site.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.4.2019

ALA partners: “The most inspiring architecture of the last century”

How did ALA end up planning the renovation of the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi? What is their relationship with the Pietiläs’ architecture?

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.4.2019

Tuning Up the Classic – The designers and the client talk about the embassy renovation

Photo Tuomas Uusheimo An architectural competition was held for the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi, India, in the 1960s. However, the embassy compound, built on the basis of the winning competition entry by Reima and Raili Pietilä, was completed only in 1985.