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A rental apartment building in Espoo by Playa bears traces of Central Europe and of the history of Finnish housing design, says Tarja Nurmi.
Photo: Tuomas Uusheimo The Kirjailijakortteli city block, located in Helsinki’s Meilahti district, is comprised of three residential buildings that play with colours and materials. Located in the centre of three streets, Mannerheiminite, Topeliuksenkatu and Stenbäckinkatu, there is a wedge-shaped plot.
Nature has been an inseparable part of the interpretations made of Aalto’s architecture, yet this is the first book to focus deeply on the theme.
Who will we remember, and who will we allow to slip into oblivion?
Architects Rudanko + Kankkunen, Architects Frondelius + Keppo + Salmenperä Sipoo 2019
