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The development of new housing concepts has taken place almost solely according to the conditions of construction companies, seeking to gain cost savings, criticises Kristo Vesikansa.
What was the take-home from this summer’s Housing Fair? Besides brochures and disposable promotional bags, that is?
Images related to housing are homogenous in Finland, says Tuomas Uusheimo.
What creates an experience of sacredness?
What will happen to the built heritage of Lutheran Church, and where will we experience sacredness in the future? Kristo Vesikansa outlines the theme of the Sacred Space theme issue.
The development of Portuguese architecture from the mid-20th century onwards carried also political undertones.
The drive for carbon-neutral construction has elevated materials to an increasingly central role in architecture, writes Editor-In-Chief Kristo Vesikansa.
Tuomas Uusheimo found an ideal composition on the field side.
It will be years before the tangible impacts of the current epidemic will become visible to us.
Tuomas Uusheimo visits Mall of Tripla in Pasila, Helsinki, three days after the declaration of a state of emergency.
The Covid-19 pandemic is has caused a great disruption in many fields of life – but also offers an opportunity for change.
Iida Kalakoski examines the changing cityscape of Tampere and equally changing meanings.
Meanings that architecture conveys are not static but closely tied with the changes in society.
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.
Architecture is increasingly being asked to acknowledge its social and ecological responsibilities. Critical Regionalism, which emphasises locality, offers one perspective on solving global problems.
