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Column — 1.1.2021

Photo Column: 20.3.2021

Tuomas Uusheimo visits Mall of Tripla in Pasila, Helsinki, three days after the declaration of a state of emergency.

Column — 1.5.2020

Time Makes a Monument

Iida Kalakoski examines the changing cityscape of Tampere and equally changing meanings.

Column — 1.4.2020

The Weakening Link between Architecture and Social Interaction

Architecture has always sought to find solutions to the challenges inherent in human social interaction, so it perhaps ought to have a role to play online, too, ponders Tommi Aho.

Column — 1.2.2020

How do the current, packed everyday life of students and education that focusses on work life skills fit together with the aim to educate critical thinkers? ask Matti Jänkälä, Svenja Lindner, Heljä Nieminen and Hilda Uusitalo, students of architecture at Aalto University.

Column — 1.1.2020

On Sharing

Architecture collective Assemble, based in London, centres collaborative and cooperative ways of working, but it doesn't mean that the member would want the same thing. In her column, Jane Hall talks about the collective's working methods.

Column — 1.6.2019

Architects Are Guarding the Future of Circular Economy

As we are progressing from the old, conventional linear economic model towards a circular economy, architects and planners are making some of the most crucial decisions, Nani Pajunen points out.

Column — 1.5.2019

Growth and its Costs

Studying the history of urban development might help with understanding the future of cities, suggests Eeva Berglund.

Column — 1.5.2019

Enough of Too Little for Too Many – Time for Enough for All!

In this era of climate emergency, biodiversity collapse, and social inequality, every industry, art form, and endeavour must question its practice, Maria Smith, one of the curators of Oslo Architecture Triennale 2019, suggests.

Column — 1.4.2019

From Using Colour to Designing Hues and Nuances

Infill construction, wooden building and many other contemporary topics in architecture are also related to colour design, Saara Pyykkö points out.

Column — 1.4.2019

Beauty Matters – Just Like Love, It’s Real

Architects should start talking about beauty again and find new definitions for it, suggests Yael Reisner, the main curator of TAB 2019.

Column — 1.3.2019

Lacking Terminology – Lacking Solutions?

Focusing solely on volume is not enough in housing construction – high quality is also required. Jyrki Tarpio argues we need more discussion the quality.

Column — 1.2.2019

Let’s combine research and practice!

In recent years, it has become increasingly rare for architects to combine research and a design practice into a single career, yet these two need each other, says Janne Pihlajaniemi.

Column — 1.1.2019

Cities for People – With People

Only together can we start building a more varied and multidisciplinary basis for planning and design, says Johanna Palomäki.