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Exhibition — 1.2.2019

Strong Impressions

Pauli E. Blomstedt's design for a new Kansanteatteri theatre building at Helsinki’s Hakaniemi Market Square was never built. The exhibition at the Musum of Finnish Architecture brings the forgotten theatre plans out from the archives and draws parallels to the present.

Editorial — 1.2.2019

Editorial 2/19: Splitting Ranks

For a long time, architects have constituted a rather homogenous species. In a small country like Finland, uniformity has been an asset and the architect-identity, at least to a degree, a shared experience.

Phenomena — 1.2.2019

Schools – Interviewing the directors of architecture schools

We asked current directors of the three Finnish architecture schools to share their thoughts on architectural education and the school's focus areas.

Phenomena — 1.2.2019

Gendered Perspectives on Architectural Practice

If we are to promote equality within the architectural profession and dismantle the gendered structures underpinning it, we will need everyone’s engagement to make it happen, says Hanna Tyvelä.

Visions — 1.2.2019

Studio: Structuralism – Patterns of Interaction

What kind of transformative potential do the digital tools hold for architectural thinking? Studio course at Aalto University explored the theme in autumn 2018.

Book — 1.1.2019

Two Guides to Helsinki

A German publisher's architectural guide and British lifestyle magazine's city guide offer two differing viewpoints to the Finnish capital.

Book — 1.1.2019

30 Years Between the Covers

International article collection marks the 30th anniversary of Harris-Kjisik Architects.

Book — 1.1.2019

The Question Becomes the Answer

Jan Gehl's ten-year-old Cities for People got its Finnish translation in 2018. Simplified arguments in the book hamper a historically aware development in the field of urban planning, argues Tommy Kaj Lindgren.

People — 1.1.2019

Studio Visit: Trevor Harris and Hennu Kjisik – Standing Up for Ideals

For a good three decades now, Trevor Harris and Hennu Kjisik have been running an architecture firm named after themselves, yielding thoughts and ideas concerning urban planning and architecture that have had an impact on almost every major urban area in Finland.

Phenomena — 1.1.2019

Private Public Private

In mid-century USA, Victor Gruen developed the shopping mall, a typology that still raises questions on how contemporary cities should be designed. Antti Auvinen and Kristian Äijö explore the phenomenon.

Phenomena — 1.1.2019

Excursions Into Suburban Density

Density is a buzzword in current public discussions on urbanity, but what does the concept actually mean? ask professors of the USP Master's Programme.

Phenomena — 1.1.2019

Megaprojects — A Recipe for Mega Success?

If Finland’s second largest city region is serious about growing its economy, Tampere will need to balance its focus between the needs of the urban economy and the high-profile construction projects for which it has become known, Jenni Partanen suggests.

Phenomena — 1.1.2019

Strong Impressions

Editorial 2/19: Splitting Ranks

Schools – Interviewing the directors of architecture schools

Gendered Perspectives on Architectural Practice

Studio: Structuralism – Patterns of Interaction

Two Guides to Helsinki

30 Years Between the Covers

The Question Becomes the Answer

Studio Visit: Trevor Harris and Hennu Kjisik – Standing Up for Ideals

Private Public Private

Excursions Into Suburban Density

Megaprojects — A Recipe for Mega Success?

What’s happening to our cities?

Ode to Everything

Toward a Future Architecture?