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Book — 1.3.2024

Parallel Cities

At times, the visions for the future made by urban planners are so enthralling that they continue to coexist as a parallel reality of sorts alongside the real, built city. This is what happened in Hirtshals, a Danish town with a population of some 5,500.

Book — 1.3.2024

The Big Picture of Urban Policies

Global phenomena with long-term effects are often forgotten when talking about the processes of urban transformation.

Book — 1.3.2024

Spaces Made Differently

The book with a special name celebrates Raumlaborberlin, a Berlin-based architect collective, and its 25 years of existence.

Project Review — 1.3.2024

Time Traveling

In the recent renovation of the Finnish National Theatre’s Small Stage there is no appreciable distinction between the materials of different ages or the temporal layers, but rather a theatre visit takes you back to the 1950s.

Project Review — 1.3.2024

A Stadium and a Place

With the new stadium carefully adapted to its surroundings, a quiet corner of Tammela has become a vibrant part of the city district.

Project Review — 1.3.2024

Vision and Form

Kotka’s new events centre is ALA Architects’ latest take on the theme of a sculptural main facade.

Book — 1.2.2024

Thoughts on the Uncontrollability of the World

The resonance theory by the German sociologist Hartmut Rosa makes one question which aspects of construction we need to control and to what extent that control should be exercised.

Book — 1.2.2024

In the Grip of the Abstraction

Buildings and their characteristics should be seen in relation to the societal conditions that created them – not only as a form of aesthetic expression, Pier Vittorio Aureli suggests.

Book — 1.2.2024

Larger-Than-Life Creations

The tragic tales on unsuccesful buildings raise the question on what separates the creator from the creation.

Project Review — 1.2.2024

Piloting Radical Change

Located in Huopalahti’s railway station milieu, the new terraced house is built from solid wood and uses old, familiar solutions that are remarkably unfamiliar to modern construction.

Project Review — 1.2.2024

Light and Air

The three-storey apartment building blends in with the 1930s architecture of Helsinki’s Töölö district, in terms of both its appearance and structure.

Project Review — 1.2.2024

Wooden Charm in a Concrete Neighbourhood

A CLT-frame daycare centre introduces fresh shapes and a pleasant milieu for children in Oulu’s Kaijonharju.

Project Review — 1.1.2024

Under the Trees in Turku

The wooden pavilions create sheltered spaces in the renovated Turku Market Square.

Project Review — 1.1.2024

Not Only in Eliel Saarinen’s Footsteps

The mark of the hand of architects from several different eras was preserved in the renovation of Lahti City Hall.

Project Review — 1.1.2024

Hidden in Plain Sight

The lighting poles in Helsinki’s Senate Square have been designed with exceptional attention to detail, even though no one is actually supposed to notice them.