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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.

Book — 1.5.2019

Architecture in Shrunken Terms

Brent Heavener's Tiny House suggests, that sustainable building could also mean designing compelling spatial experiences.

Project Review — 1.4.2019

A Stylishly Chill Spiral

In addition to the parking facility, the hybrid building in Kruunuvuorenranta residential area by NRT Architects also fits communal facilities as well as a vertical pedestrian access leading from the street level to the park.

Project Review — 1.4.2019

A Light New Seedbed

Photo Tuomas Uusheimo As something of a novelty amongst Helsinki’s shopping destinations, Garden offers a new kind of space for Finnish fashion and design. The architectural design plays an exceptionally strong role in the retail concept.

Book — 1.4.2019

Long-awaited History of the Luminaire Factory

The new book presents the history of Orno chronologically via its designers.

Book — 1.4.2019

Slow Thinking

Conversations about Sculpture includes thirteen thematic conversations on sculptor Richard Serra’s life and work.

Book — 1.4.2019

How the Golden Bell Got Its Eyes

In his new book, Akira Minagawa reflects Alvar and Aino Aalto's designs with aphorisms and sketches. The book is part of Artek's FIN/JPN Friendship Collection.

Project Review — 1.4.2019

In a World of Their Own

Aamu Song and Johan Olin's cooperation with artisans around the world is exhibited at Design Museum Helsinki.

Project Review — 1.3.2019

Yellow-Brick Landmark

The apartment building for seniors by Huttunen-Lipasti Architects is one of the recent infill projects that aims to densify Helsinki in the spirit of current objectives.

Exhibition — 1.3.2019

Lost Treasure

A manor designed by the architect trio Gesellius-Lindgren-Saarinen was one of the most perfect total works of art in Finnish Art Nouveau. Exhibition in the Museum of Finnish Architecture showcases the building.

Exhibition — 1.3.2019

Home Futures

The exhibition by the Design Museum, London, sheds an eye on the idea of home through past visions 20th century.

Book — 1.3.2019

Back to Reality

British architectural writer combines wittiness, nosiness, old and new, as well as high and low culture in his essay collection.

Book — 1.3.2019

Life Inside the Pages

To mark the 10th anniversary, selected highlights from Apartamento's back issues have been brought together as a book.

Project Review — 1.3.2019

In the Spirit of Käpylä

A new block of flats by Anttinen Oiva Architects complements a central spot in a traditional Helsinki district. also the local residents have welcomed the newcomer

Project Review — 1.2.2019

Town and Campus

The first stage of the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences’s large campus in Helsinki, Building A, was inaugurated in January 2019. Elina Koivisto visits the building.