The Weakening Link between Architecture and Social Interaction
Architecture has always sought to find solutions to the challenges inherent in human social interaction, so it perhaps ought to have a role to play online, too, ponders Tommi Aho.
Editorial 3/20: With Hands and Brains
Today, awash with material plenty, we have an ambivalent attitude towards handcrafted items.
Editorial 2/20: Fences and Thresholds
What purpose do rules and regulations serve in the field of architecture?
Critical Thinking Wanted
How do the current, packed everyday life of students and education that focusses on work life skills fit together with the aim to educate critical thinkers? ask Matti Jänkälä, Svenja Lindner, Heljä Nieminen and Hilda Uusitalo, students of architecture at Aalto University.
On Sharing
Architecture collective Assemble, based in London, centres collaborative and cooperative ways of working, but it doesn't mean that the member would want the same thing. In her column, Jane Hall talks about the collective's working methods.
Editorial 1/20: On Common Land
What do togetherness, communities and participation mean for contemporary architectural practice? Do we need shared visions for the future?
Editorial 6/19: The Long Run
Although the impact of economic trends on architectural practice is very real, as a profession, we seem not too keen on looking into the structures of the economy.
Architects Are Guarding the Future of Circular Economy
As we are progressing from the old, conventional linear economic model towards a circular economy, architects and planners are making some of the most crucial decisions, Nani Pajunen points out.
Editorial 5/19: The Weight of Sustainability
Does anyone know of an architect who would not want to work in a sustainable manner?