Project Review

A Light New Seedbed

Photo Tuomas Uusheimo As something of a novelty amongst Helsinki’s shopping destinations, Garden offers a new kind of space for Finnish fashion and design. The architectural design plays an exceptionally strong role in the retail concept.

Column

Lacking Terminology – Lacking Solutions?

Focusing solely on volume is not enough in housing construction – high quality is also required. Jyrki Tarpio argues we need more discussion the quality.

Exhibition

Lost Treasure

A manor designed by the architect trio Gesellius-Lindgren-Saarinen was one of the most perfect total works of art in Finnish Art Nouveau. Exhibition in the Museum of Finnish Architecture showcases the building.

Interview

Home Futures

The exhibition by the Design Museum, London, sheds an eye on the idea of home through past visions 20th century.

Book

Back to Reality

British architectural writer combines wittiness, nosiness, old and new, as well as high and low culture in his essay collection.

Book

Life Inside the Pages

To mark the 10th anniversary, selected highlights from Apartamento's back issues have been brought together as a book.

Editorial

Editorial 3/19: How Should We Live?

Housing affects everyone. This can also be problematic.

Article

Villa Skeppet, a Building and a Home

What is it like to live in a house designed by Alvar Aalto? Sanna Tegel examines Christine and Göran Schildt's home in Tammisaari.

Article

Seeking New Directions for More Human-Centred Housing

Housing is like a mirror that reflects the kind of society we live in. What could we learn and what sort of perspectives could we gain if we were to look back in time?