Flipside of an Activity-Based Office
An activity-based office increases interaction and creates innovations – or perhaps not. Virve Peteri, Academy Research Fellow, has studied workspaces of the 2010s. What kind of effects does an activity-based office have on working?
Manifestos on Sharing in Housing Design
How could the ethos of sharing be reflected in housing design? Katja Maununaho examines integrated housing projects in Central Europe, where the creation of communality and sharing is already evident.
Le Chat Doré as a Stage Setting for Modern Life
The café Le Chat Doré was Birger Carlstedt and Karl Malmström's interpretation of the 1920s atmosphere. The reconstruction of the café is currently on display at the Amos Rex art museum.
Ecological Favourites
We asked a group of architects working in Finland to name an architecture project that has recently inspired them in the ecological sense.
Editorial 6/19: The Long Run
Although the impact of economic trends on architectural practice is very real, as a profession, we seem not too keen on looking into the structures of the economy.
Statistics: Architecture & Economy
What is the economic stature of architecture in Finland? ARK collected some statistics.
A Futurism Yet to Come
Kaisa Broner's now-published interview with Reima Pietilä more than 30 years ago reveals Pietilä's reflections on the nature and future of modernism.
Architecture for Finance
Brasilian architect and urban planner's new book discusses the connections between architecture and the economic forces of the society.
Architects Are Guarding the Future of Circular Economy
As we are progressing from the old, conventional linear economic model towards a circular economy, architects and planners are making some of the most crucial decisions, Nani Pajunen points out.