Book

A Guide to Recycling Buildings

Manual of Recycling is an invaluable resource for those who are serious about material re-use and conservation.

Exhibition

Contemplating Beauty

Calling for beauty as a value is often considered conservative. The 2019 Tallinn Architecture Biennale seeks for modern day meanings of beauty.

Exhibition

Aalto as Cultivator

An exhibition at the Museum of Finnish Architecture presents Alvar Aalto's architecture from the perspective of landscape.

Project Review

The Renovated Cradle of Humanist Learning

The main building of University of Jyväskylä, designed by Alvar Aalto in 1956, has in the past suffered from a sick building syndrome. Now, newly renovated it returns to its central role on campus.

Book

Architecture in Shrunken Terms

Brent Heavener's Tiny House suggests, that sustainable building could also mean designing compelling spatial experiences.

Interview

Studio Visit: Matti Kuittinen –Siding with Sustainability

Since the summer of 2019, Matti Kuittinen has held a new and rare title – Professor of Resource-Efficient Construction and Environmental Impacts.

Column

Enough of Too Little for Too Many – Time for Enough for All!

In this era of climate emergency, biodiversity collapse, and social inequality, every industry, art form, and endeavour must question its practice, Maria Smith, one of the curators of Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019, suggests.

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.

Book

Long-awaited History of the Luminaire Factory

The new book presents the history of Orno chronologically via its designers.