Does the Ecclesiastical Architectural Heritage Have a Future?
Declining tax revenues and high repair costs have put the future of many ecclesiastical buildings at stake. We asked three experts for their views on the situation.
Discourses on Dogma – Alvar Aalto and the Church
Alvar Aalto saw a parallel between his own architectural project and the Finnish national Lutheran Church’s adaptation to the twentieth century. In religion, as in modern architecture, tolerance bore more fruit than dogmatism.
Money or Your Life? The Church of the Three Crosses awaits salvation
Alvar Aalto’s Church of the Three Crosses in Vuoksenniska, Imatra, has been closed since last autumn because it has suffered persistent moisture damage and would require urgent and extensive repairs.
Archives: Raili Pietilä
Raili Pietilä and her husband Reima Pietilä designed several of the most original buildings in Finnish modern architecture.
Revisit: Rajamäki School and Rajakaari Multipurpose Hall
Rajamäki School and Rajakaari Multipurpose Hall were built in the 1960s as a shared effort by the locals. Now the Municipality of Nurmijärvi is planning to demolish the buildings.
Zero Arctic
What are the lessons to be learned from the traditional building methods of indigenous peoples in future sustainable construction? The Arctic Council’s project sought alternative views to current planning and designing practices.
Architecture from the Field Side
Contemporary architects can be inspired by something as simple as a modest agricultural building. Barn architecture has become a global trend.
Updating Monomaterial Construction
For some time now, there has been talk amongst architects about the return of monomaterial construction. Elina Koivisto pieced together what's happening in the field at the moment.
Research into Arctic Villages
The cultural vitality of northern indigenous people has often been weakened by applying western architectural ideas to them. Anu Soikkeli is looking for more sustainable ways to carry out planning and design in the north.