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    Project Review — 1.3.2023

    ”A Proof of Both Successful Zoning and Delightfully Expressive Housing Design” – The New Block at the Edge of Oulu City Centre was Created Around a Former Factory

    The height of the old factory halls and the corner balconies bring expressive quality to the apartments in the housing block designed in and around a former factory.

    Project Review — 1.3.2023

    Infill Buildings on Liisankatu in the Historical Part of Helsinki Are a Successful Example of Densification

    Kuva: Kuvatoimisto Kuvio A perimeter block in Helsinki’s Kruununhaka district now boasts two new multistorey residential buildings. The block composition became more compact, but the impact is more spacious than before.

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    Project Review — 1.3.2023

    Apartment Building in Kallio, Helsinki, Sports an Air of Newly Found Romanticism

    The apartment building in Helsinki’s Kallio district is firmly rooted both in the architecture of a hundred years ago and in the present day.

    Project Review — 1.2.2023

    Serlachius Art Sauna Offers Luxury in Many Shapes

    On the grounds of the Gösta Serlachius Museum in Mänttä is a sauna building that combines art and a south European interpretation of the Finnish sauna bathing tradition.

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    Project Review — 1.2.2023

    Modern System Got a Homely Reform – 1970s Hospital Was Transformed into a Modern Senior Centre in Myllypuro, Helsinki

    The rational architecture of 1970s provided a flexible framework for transforming a geriatric hospital into a modern senior centre in Myllypuro, Helsinki.

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    Project Review — 1.1.2023

    Metro Geography

    With the recent completion of the final stations of the western metro extension, Länsimetro, the Helsinki metro now also runs through Espoo. When one part of a system like the metro undergoes change, the entire system simultaneously changes, muses Tommy Lindgren. He visited all the stations west of Lauttasaari.

    Project Review — 1.1.2023

    New Adventure and Romance

    The new entrance building of Helsinki Airport offers a memorable setting for departures and arrivals.

    Project Review — 1.1.2023

    New Geometry of the Ceiling

    Suspended ceiling in timber at Helsinki Airport is refined by digital technology.

    Project Review — 1.5.2022

    Techno and Coarseness

    At long last, dance has finally received its own performance spaces in Helsinki, in the Cable Factory. The Dance House Helsinki is the first extension to the former factory building.

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    Project Review — 1.5.2022

    The Many Lives of a Commercial Palace

    Renovated and remodelled many times over, Mikonkatu 7 has one of the most complex building histories in Helsinki. The latest renovation borrows heavily from the past yet interprets the themes through the means of contemporary architecture.

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    Project Review — 1.5.2022

    Like Time Standing Still

    An old stable built more than a hundred years ago in Helsinki’s Punavuori is now home to people instead of horses. What remains is the historical atmosphere.

    Project Review — 1.5.2022

    The Yellow Library Remains

    In the renovation of the Jyväskylä University Library, the uses of the building have been completely reorganised, but the atmosphere conceived in the 1970s remains unchanged.

    Project Review — 1.5.2022

    Cuckoo in the Villa

    In the hands of a new owner, an old villa in Savonlinna underwent extensive renovations and received a few extra buildings on the grounds. The old and the new are engaging in a dialogue that is both delicate and doubtful.

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    Project Review — 1.3.2022

    An Oasis Along the Rapids

    The re-designed riverside of Tikkurilankoski in Vantaa intertwines the cultural landscape with nature. 

    Project Review — 1.3.2022

    Elemental Joy

    Whilst Finlandia Hall is closed for renovation, a temporary, movable building will remain adjacent to it and offer a space for events. Despite its unrooted concept, the building forms an intimate connection to its environment, writes Lee Marable.

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