A Park in a School
The large school building blends seamlessly with its park-like surrounds thanks to two wise design insights.
A Centrepiece for an Office Campus
The Hatsinanpuisto Park features a stream that is home to endangered trout in the middle of a business block.
Room for a Machine
The cool and stylish heating plant follows in the footsteps of modernist industrial architecture.
The History that Paris Skipped
Justinien Tribillon shines a spotlight on the zone between the core of Paris and the suburbs, discovering a controversial and neglected side of the city.
Banal Revival
The book discussing the concept of banal is a welcome addition to the ongoing debate on value and demolition in the construction sector.
Let’s Take a Pause on the New Museum of Architecture and Design
Do we clearly understand why the museum requires an entirely new building, especially at a cost of one hundred million euros, ask Pedro Aibéo and Mark Linder.
Suburbia, Nothing But Trouble?
Models for a more urban suburb have been sought in a number of directions for half a century already – with varying results.
Three Cases of Nordic Suburban Renewal
The renovation, infill and renewal of suburban neighbourhoods built during the 1960s and 1970s is a burning issue across Europe. The three examples demonstrate the ways in which this problem has been addressed in Sweden and Denmark.
Transforming Suburbs – Viewpoints from Finnish Cities
Residential districts built between the 1950s and 1980s constitute a large geographic segment of Finnish cities. We asked those in charge of urban planning in our largest cities how the suburbs in their cities are being developed right now.