A Little Bit of Berlin
A rental apartment building in Espoo by Playa bears traces of Central Europe and of the history of Finnish housing design, says Tarja Nurmi.
From Corporation Landmark to Housing
Photo: Sami Saastamoinen The former office spaces became lofty apartments in an extensive conversion. The new row house connects the large building better to its surroundings.
Architects of Kone building conversion into apartments: ”It was nice for a change to design something more spacious”
The conversion of office building into apartments was based on A6 Architects' winning proposal in a competition.
Editorial 4/2021: From Small Dwellings to Microflats
The development of new housing concepts has taken place almost solely according to the conditions of construction companies, seeking to gain cost savings, criticises Kristo Vesikansa.
Tripartite Structure
With their numerous competition successes, Matias Kotilainen, Tuomas Martinsaari and Paul Thynell have emerged as interesting new names in Finnish architecture. Now the trio’s first competition victory has been built at Myllykoski.
A Weave of the Sacral and Profane
The new premises of Tikkurila parish have been integrated into a residential block.
Models Take and Make Space
Although digitalisation has diminished the importance of scale of models in architectural design, they may provide more space for the imagination than other design tools.
The Visible and the Unseen
The Lutheran Church has held centre stage in the history of Finnish ecclesiastical architecture, leaving other trajectories in its shadow.
The Sacred Remains – Interview with Hanna Lyytinen
An experienced repairer of churches, architect Hanna Lyytinen, considers in her every renovation project what is sacred in the architecture and what cannot be removed without losing the building’s architectural core.