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Who will we remember, and who will we allow to slip into oblivion?
With the recent completion of the final stations of the western metro extension, Länsimetro, the Helsinki metro now also runs through Espoo. When one part of a system like the metro undergoes change, the entire system simultaneously changes, muses Tommy Lindgren. He visited all the stations west of Lauttasaari.
In the 1970s, architect Pentti Piha was involved in developing and bringing to Finland the so-called black box stage, which performing artists are nowadays critical of. Through this critique, we can reevaluate the legacy of modernist architecture even more broadly.
Jari and Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen's new book presents residential buildings designed by the Saarinens, many of which have previously been overshadowed by impressive public buildings.
Global phenomena with long-term effects are often forgotten when talking about the processes of urban transformation.
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