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Book — 1.5.2024

In Eliel’s Footsteps

Eliel Saarinen's public buildings in both Finland and the United States have been compiled together into a tome written in English.

Project Review — 1.4.2024

Photo: Tuomas Uusheimo The Kirjailijakortteli city block, located in Helsinki’s Meilahti district, is comprised of three residential buildings that play with colours and materials. Located in the centre of three streets, Mannerheiminite, Topeliuksenkatu and Stenbäckinkatu, there is a wedge-shaped plot.

Project Review — 1.4.2024

A First Step in Housing

Photo: Mika Huisman The student apartments in Korttelikylä are spacious, light-filled and well-functioning. Student housing is often associated with images of ghettos and social problems due to the high concentration of residents and a socioeconomic homogeneity.

Project Review — 1.4.2024

Skilfully Efficient

The efficient use of space in the new Lamminrahka School Centre does not take away from the utility and natural light in the spaces.

Book — 1.4.2024

About Style, With Style

19th-century writings add to the reinterpretations of modern architecture. For example, a call for contemporary architecture that embodies a new era in a fashion that stands out from previous design styles has been reiterated the mid-19th century, all the way up to the present.

Book — 1.4.2024

The First European Women Architects

The double biography on two women architects opens up a window into the work of architects and gender equality in late 19th and early 20th century society and architectural practice.

Book — 1.4.2024

A City Seen Through Colour

Aziza Lo's visual maps not only document the colours of neighborhoods but also experiencing them.

Project Review — 1.4.2024

Spirit of the 1980s

The premises of the Supreme Administrative Court have been updated to meet current needs, but the 1980s atmosphere is also very much present.

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.