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Designer's Viewpoint

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.5.2024

Third in China

The Nanchang Poly Grand Theatre is the centre of the metropolis’s new district and PES Architects' third cultural building in China.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.5.2024

A Friendly Neighbour

A new community hall and seven rental apartments have been forged on a cramped lot near the centre of Zurich.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.5.2024

Balanced Layers

Adding new flats to a historic Barcelona apartment building called for adaptation, not obliteration.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.5.2024

Tested by Time

What goes through an architect’s head when a project takes no less than 18 years to complete? Meander’s designers explain how to keep the goal clear in mind.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.2.2024

A Wise Body

What if a more sustainable way of building would be better perceived through the senses and emotions?

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.2.2024

A Recipe for Sustainable Construction

The log row house in the wooden residential district of Honkasuo aims to be an example of how to build as sustainably as possible. Is it enough?

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.1.2024

Revitalizing the City with Community Gardens

What could the Finnish urban planning and design practice learn from New York’s community gardens?

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.2.2023

A Harmonious Addition to the Meilahti Hospital Campus

The latest addition to the Meilahti hospital campus has been fitted to a tight spot, yet it benefits from the stunning sea views.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.2.2023

Hospital Nova Is Like a Healing Machine

Designing the new central hospital in Jyväskylä made the architects assume a new role as process designers.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.2.2023

“Everything is Incredibly Beautiful” – Hospital Nova is a Well-Functioning Working Environment, Say Users

We asked the staff members working at Hospital Nova of Central Finland how have they settled in the new facilities.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.2.2023

In Serlachius Art Sauna, Architects Created a “Choreography of Spaces and Temperatures” for the Visitor

We asked the architects of the Serlachius Art Sauna how they approached the design task.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.1.2023

A designer furniture online store commissioned a logistics centre located along the Turku ring road. Design classics are being shipped around the world from a building that echoes the surrounding forest.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.1.2023

A Bridge to the Future

The bridge leading from the Turku city centre over the railway line to the Logomo cultural venue was designed as a convertible machine.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.3.2022

Inspired by Nature

Hiking structures in the Tampere region and the Urho Kekkonen National Park show how hiking shelters with long traditions can be updated to the 2020s.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.3.2022

On the Drawing Board: Alusta – A platform for Environmental Discourse

The pavilion, designed by Maiju Suomi and Elina Koivisto, offers a place for encounters between humans and other species, to observe the environment and discuss it.

Stories

Third in China

A Friendly Neighbour

Balanced Layers

Tested by Time

A Wise Body

A Recipe for Sustainable Construction

Revitalizing the City with Community Gardens

A Harmonious Addition to the Meilahti Hospital Campus

Hospital Nova Is Like a Healing Machine

“Everything is Incredibly Beautiful” – Hospital Nova is a Well-Functioning Working Environment, Say Users

In Serlachius Art Sauna, Architects Created a “Choreography of Spaces and Temperatures” for the Visitor

Nature and Logistics

A Bridge to the Future

Inspired by Nature

On the Drawing Board: Alusta – A platform for Environmental Discourse