Article

Life After Coal at Hanasaari

A studio course held by Aalto University last summer focussed on life after coal. The students planned new uses for the Hanasaari coal-fired power plant.

Editorial

Editorial 5/19: The Weight of Sustainability

Does anyone know of an architect who would not want to work in a sustainable manner?

Article

New Levels of Landscape Analysis

Conventional landscape analyses need updating. For instance, stormwaters are part of ecological systems, but their management can also produce meaningful urban places, suggests Daniel Falck.

Article

Reclaiming Expertise

Architects can exert an influence on what is regarded as sustainable construction, but do architects understand their responsibilities? asks Lars-Erk Mattila.

Article

On a Path Toward Ecological Living

Talo Kissankäpälä is one of the first single-family houses with natural stack ventilation in the Helsinki metropolitan area that was built after the new Finnish energy regulations came into effect.

Book

Did You Read the Manual?

Buckminster Fuller's classic is still timely after 50 years of its publication.

Article

The Attraction of Opposites

Juhani Pallasmaa finds both similarities and differences in Alvar Aalto’s and Le Corbusier’s ideologies. We publish the essay originally intended for the catalogue of Jari Jetsonen's photography exhibition.

Article

Visible Space for Creation

Design has long been taught at Helsinki’s Arabia district, and now a brand-new higher education cluster, specialising in the creative industries, is about to lay claim to this historic site.

Interview

ALA partners: “The most inspiring architecture of the last century”

How did ALA end up planning the renovation of the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi? What is their relationship with the Pietiläs’ architecture?