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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.
Meanings that architecture conveys are not static but closely tied with the changes in society.
Iida Kalakoski examines the changing cityscape of Tampere and equally changing meanings.
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.
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.
Today, awash with material plenty, we have an ambivalent attitude towards handcrafted items.
