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Project Review — 1.5.2021

A New Home for the Arts

Photo: Hannu Rytky Edgy and industrial, Helsinki’s University of the Arts’ new building blends effortlessly with the architectural heritage that surrounds it. It’s now time for the occupants to make their presence felt.

Project Review — 1.4.2021

Squares and Slices

Helsinki’s urban centre expands with dense perimeter blocks. The residential block in Sompasaari, designed by Anttinen Oiva Architects, is one of the more successful examples.

Project Review — 1.4.2021

A Little Bit of Berlin

A rental apartment building in Espoo by Playa bears traces of Central Europe and of the history of Finnish housing design, says Tarja Nurmi.

Project Review — 1.4.2021

From Corporation Landmark to Housing

Photo: Sami Saastamoinen The former office spaces became lofty apartments in an extensive conversion. The new row house connects the large building better to its surroundings.

Project Review — 1.3.2021

The Church Has Come to Stay

The old church of Ylivieska burned down at Easter five years ago. The new church weaves together time levels, references and meanings with its architecture.

Project Review — 1.3.2021

Tripartite Structure

With their numerous competition successes, Matias Kotilainen, Tuomas Martinsaari and Paul Thynell have emerged as interesting new names in Finnish architecture. Now the trio’s first competition victory has been built at Myllykoski.

Project Review — 1.3.2021

A Weave of the Sacral and Profane

The new premises of Tikkurila parish have been integrated into a residential block.

Project Review — 1.2.2021

Ceramic Vessel

The Saukonlaituri parking facility by ALA Architects in Jätkäsaari, Helsinki. is a successful example of the potential of this building type, says Tommy Lindgren.

Project Review — 1.1.2021

The Little Prince of Koivuhovi

Bredanportti Apartment Block on the border of Espoo and Kauniainen proves that urban consolidation can also take place in small town terms.

Project Review — 1.6.2020

Three Sugar Cubes in Kulosaari

The social housing project by the City of Helsinki in Kulosaari island shows that quality of housing can be also achieved with a low budget.

Project Review — 1.6.2020

The Art of Possibilities

The old Kirkkonummi Library from the 1980s is gobbled up by the new Fyyri. Anni Vartola visits the new library designed by JKMM Architects.

Project Review — 1.5.2020

In the Flow

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium has undergone extensive refurbishment, in which the 1930s sports shrine has been adapted to become a multi-purpose arena for the new millennium.

Project Review — 1.1.2020

A Paradigm Shift

Mikko Summanen visits the Jätkäsaari Comprehensive School, which is one of the first school buildings in which also spatial solutions support the new pedagogical objectives of the newest Finnish national curriculum. It is also AOR Architects’ first public building to be realised.

Project Review — 1.5.2019

A Nature Trail in the Grip of Culture and the Past

How to maintain the innate wildness of nature while making it available for everyone? Hanna Johansson visits the recreational path in Lammassaari, Helsinki.

Project Review — 1.5.2019

The Renovated Cradle of Humanist Learning

The main building of University of Jyväskylä, designed by Alvar Aalto in 1956, has in the past suffered from a sick building syndrome. Now, newly renovated it returns to its central role on campus.