Article

Revolution of Public Space

Three experts reflect on the impacts of the pandemic on architecture and the use of urban space.

Interview

Safely Tucked from the Urban Realm

The Lauttasaari Daycare Centre by Luutonen Architects lines the street like a wall. On the other side opens up a small rocky forest, the children’s secret garden.

Interview

Light Encounters

EduCity, the newest addition to Turku Science Park combines a higher-education campus and the needs of business life.

Project Review

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.

Interview

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.

Book

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

Editorial 1/2021: Architecture at Year One

It will be years before the tangible impacts of the current epidemic will become visible to us.

Exhibition

Alvar Aalto as a Museum Architect

The Alvar Aalto Museum’s winter 2020–2021 exhibition presents Aalto’s ten most significant museum designs, from the 1920s to the 1970s.

Exhibition

Sacral Aalto

The newest book in the thematic series presenting the buildings of Alvar Aalto by Jari ja Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen showcases Aalto's church designs.