Light Encounters
EduCity, the newest addition to Turku Science Park combines a higher-education campus and the needs of business life.
The Little Prince of Koivuhovi
Bredanportti Apartment Block on the border of Espoo and Kauniainen proves that urban consolidation can also take place in small town terms.
Frames for Meaningful Daily Life
The new Puistonmäki eldercare home in Hämeenlinna promotes the creation of communality with various kinds of shared facilities. For instance, there is a log sauna in the yard. Along with the growing number of senior citizens, sheltered housing has become an increasingly important building type.
Much More than a Master of Concrete
Pekka Pitkänen rose to the forefront of Finnish architecture after the Second World War. His notable life's work is brought together in a book for the very first time.
Editorial 1/2021: Architecture at Year One
It will be years before the tangible impacts of the current epidemic will become visible to us.
Photo Column: 20.3.2021
Tuomas Uusheimo visits Mall of Tripla in Pasila, Helsinki, three days after the declaration of a state of emergency.
Who Has a Right to the City?
Recently, there has been an active discussion about whether Helsinki is planned on the terms of investors or city residents. ARK discussed the sore spots of city planning with the editors of the pamphlet Kenen kaupunki?
Revisit: The Ruoholahti Canal
Ruoholahti district, built during the 1990s, continues the grid structure of the Helsinki city centre westwards. The canal traversing the district utilises with classic themes of urban planning in a slightly modernized form.
Designing the Future in Pandemic Times
We asked eight Finnish architecture firms what they have been working on in 2020.