Interview

Headquarters No More

The headquarters of the Kesko Corporation was completed in 1940, forming a gate and landmark to the Katajanokka district of Helsinki. The interiors behind the building’s protected facades have now been converted into unique apartments and a hotel.

Article

New Colossi

Bigness is becoming a prominent feature of Helsinki’s cityscape. Antti Auvinen’s photographs examine the phenomenon.

Article

Bauhaus Legacy Born on the Dunes

Tel Aviv is home to an architectural conservation site consisting of around 4,000 buildings from the 1930s. Following a multi-stage selection process, it was designated a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2003.

Column

Time Makes a Monument

Iida Kalakoski examines the changing cityscape of Tampere and equally changing meanings.

Editorial

Editorial 5/20: All That Is Solid Melts into Air?

Meanings that architecture conveys are not static but closely tied with the changes in society.

Interview

Conductor’s Perspective on Space

Klaus Mäkelä conducting Oslo Philharmonic. Photo: Marco Borggreve / Harrison Parrot Conductor Klaus Mäkelä has worked in some of the best-known concert halls in the world.

Article

Circle of Care

In her essay, Iris Andersson examines hospitals, their history, future and the concept of healing space.

Article

On Hares, Ferrymen and Empathy in Architectural Education

Fernando Nieto and Rosana Rubio, who teach architecture at Tampere University, examine the contradictory goals posed for architectural education.

Article

Working in a Changing World

The will to influence took architect Emma Hannula to speaking at international UN meetings and showed that in development work an architect can contribute to much more than just the design of buildings.