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Jari and Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen's new book presents residential buildings designed by the Saarinens, many of which have previously been overshadowed by impressive public buildings.
The first prize in the open competition brought the young architects a commission for a large school building in Lappeeenranta.
A new school in the Helsinki district of Käpylä elegantly plays with architectural themes from different decades.
The ongoing ecological crisis, climate change and other upheavals will inevitably change architecture. What will the architectural aesthetics of the future look like?
The new generation is having to find their professional path in a time that is characterized by both a deepening climate crisis and increasing economic, political and social uncertainty, writes Kristo Vesikansa in the New Vision issue editorial.
The Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin shows a Finnish architect – at last.
An often-repeated claim in the media and popular discussions is that 1970s buildings were not designed to last for more than thirty or fifty years. Where did this belief come from? Might there be some truth to it?
Without a heritage listing, the preservation or demolition of an office building is up to the property owner. The deciding factor is whether the owner can see beyond an outdated mass of construction.
By tearing down old neighbourhood shopping centres, we are losing not only high-quality architecture but also services, extraordinary culture and tax euros, argues Juhana Heikonen.
In Juha Leiviskä’s architecture, the light goes through changes and reflects the passage of time. This impression is created by more systematic design principles than is often thought.
The design competition for the new museum of architecture and design is to be settled in September, outlining a new museum building in Helsinki’s South Harbour. Valtteri Hautsalo presents an alternative to these plans and demonstrates how the museum could be set up together with Helsinki Art Museum in the former Hanasaari power plant.
The 19th Architecture Biennale seeks answers to the climate crisis based on different types of intelligence. Locality is strongly present in the national pavilions.
What is Ukrainian housing architecture like? The book by Kateryna Malaia and Philipp Meuser presents the finest in the country’s residential construction from the past hundred years.
The planning of the new Architecture and Design Museum is currently proceeding in a thoughtful and transparent manner, write Kaarina Gould and Pilvi Kalhama.
The Finlandia Prize for Architecture is a breeding ground for a destructive myth when it comes to architectural creativity, claims Anni Vartola.
