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Editorial — 1.1.2021

Editorial 1/2021: Architecture at Year One

It will be years before the tangible impacts of the current epidemic will become visible to us.

Column — 1.1.2021

Photo Column: 20.3.2021

Tuomas Uusheimo visits Mall of Tripla in Pasila, Helsinki, three days after the declaration of a state of emergency.

Editorial — 1.6.2020

Editorial 6/20: Back to the Future

The Covid-19 pandemic is has caused a great disruption in many fields of life – but also offers an opportunity for change.

Editorial — 1.5.2020

Editorial 5/20: All That Is Solid Melts into Air?

Meanings that architecture conveys are not static but closely tied with the changes in society.

Column — 1.5.2020

Time Makes a Monument

Iida Kalakoski examines the changing cityscape of Tampere and equally changing meanings.

Editorial — 1.4.2020

Editorial 4/20: People in their Houses

The word ‘empathy’ has a nice, kind ring to it: “someone has thought of me”. With the COVID-19 epidemic, however, the meaning of the word seems to have expanded and gained gravity.

Opinion Piece — 1.4.2020

A New Direction for Critical Regionalism

Architecture is increasingly being asked to acknowledge its social and ecological responsibilities. Critical Regionalism, which emphasises locality, offers one perspective on solving global problems.

Column — 1.4.2020

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 — 1.3.2020

Editorial 3/20: With Hands and Brains

Today, awash with material plenty, we have an ambivalent attitude towards handcrafted items.

Editorial — 1.2.2020

Editorial 2/20: Fences and Thresholds

What purpose do rules and regulations serve in the field of architecture?

Opinion Piece — 1.2.2020

Housing researcher: “Natural light affects the perceived spaciousness and adaptability of an apartment”

How does natural light affect the quality of living? Sini Saarimaa wrote a commentary reflecting on the article "The Pursuit of a Bright Apartment".

Column — 1.2.2020

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.