Project Review — 1.2.2018

Small Gestures

Text Antti Auvinen

Lorenzinpuisto ulkonäkymä — Photo Tuomas Uusheimo

Playa Architects designed three point blocks in Kruunuvuorenranta, Helsinki. They made Antti Auvinen think about the nature of urbanity.

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Published in 2 – 2018 - Praxis

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