New Take on the Wooden Tradition
A wooden apartment building in Kuukkari, Pori, is designed for seniors by Architects Rudanko + Kankkunen.
Within the Limits
The design of a student housing block to be built on a cramped plot in the University of Helsinki’s Kumpula campus had to take into account, among other things, traffic noise, pollution, the scale of existing campus architecture and large differences in ground height.
Editorial 1/19: Urban Treshold
A city is the most common framework for Finnish life. What is the role of architects in this development?
Cities for People – With People
Only together can we start building a more varied and multidisciplinary basis for planning and design, says Johanna Palomäki.
Two Guides to Helsinki
A German publisher's architectural guide and British lifestyle magazine's city guide offer two differing viewpoints to the Finnish capital.
30 Years Between the Covers
International article collection marks the 30th anniversary of Harris-Kjisik Architects.
The Question Becomes the Answer
Jan Gehl's ten-year-old Cities for People got its Finnish translation in 2018. Simplified arguments in the book hamper a historically aware development in the field of urban planning, argues Tommy Kaj Lindgren.
Studio Visit: Trevor Harris and Hennu Kjisik – Standing Up for Ideals
For a good three decades now, Trevor Harris and Hennu Kjisik have been running an architecture firm named after themselves, yielding thoughts and ideas concerning urban planning and architecture that have had an impact on almost every major urban area in Finland.
Private Public Private
In mid-century USA, Victor Gruen developed the shopping mall, a typology that still raises questions on how contemporary cities should be designed. Antti Auvinen and Kristian Äijö explore the phenomenon.