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Case Study — 1.5.2023

Contextual Juha Leiviskä

Juha Leiviskä had an unsung ability to fit buildings to their surroundings.

Column — 1.5.2023

The Construction Industry Needs Tailoring

What if architects applied the practices of recycled fashion in solving the climate crisis?

Essay — 1.5.2023

Quiet Labours – On Care and Yrjönkatu Swimming Hall

What is it like to renovate a hundred-year-old building? Ulla Engman writes about the Yrjönkatu Swimming Hall and a type of care work.

Opinion Piece — 1.5.2023

Concept: Spolia – “An Ancient Tool for Contemporary Circular Economy”

The history of spolia dates back to the collapse of Ancient Rome and following propaganda of the Christian church. Nowadays, it could serve as a tool for repurposing building components, particularly when it comes to our endangered, post-1950s building stock.

Case Study — 1.5.2023

Revisit: Vuoranta Training Centre

Many types of intergenerational encounters define the faith of the former training centre in Vuoranta.

Project Review — 1.4.2023

Aviapolis District Searches for an Identity with the Help of a Small Pavilion

A workplace hub next to Helsinki Airport is gradually transforming into a walkable urban district. The area’s newest attraction is a small event pavilion with a mission larger than its size.

Opinion Piece — 1.4.2023

Revisit: The First Sign of Criticism

A Modernist manifesto emerged from the Finnish Architectural Review in the wake of the 1970s.

Book — 1.4.2023

At the Cutting Edge of Wood Architecture

The collection of essays on wood architecture is an ideal fit with our fast-paced world, serving up a series of short pieces.

Book — 1.4.2023

Framing Demolition, Framing Discussion

There are multiple possible futures for the 1960s and 70s buildings.

Editorial — 1.4.2023

Editorial 4/2023: Master in the Forest

Reima Pietilä can be seen as a pioneer of a mindset that recognized nature's intrinsic value on par with that of humans, writes Kristo Vesikansa.

Book — 1.4.2023

Rethinking 1970s Architecture

Besides the grey concrete carbuncles at housing estates across the length and breadth of Finland, the 1970s are also responsible for producing some far-sighted innovations within the construction sector.

Panel — 1.4.2023

What Are the Qualities of Inspiring Wood Architecture? Six Architects Share Their Dreams

What is currently the most interesting development trend in wood architecture? We asked architects who work with wood what kind of wood architecture they envision in the future.

Exhibition — 1.4.2023

The Venice Architecture Biennale Reads as a Story about the Past and the Future

For the first time in the history of the biennale, the focus is on Africa.

Essay — 1.4.2023

Urban Forest – an Object of Conflict or Care?

Urban densification is often executed at the expense of urban woodlands, which the local residents do not always like, nor is it ecologically sustainable. Interwoven problems can be solved by expanding the sphere of care to the more than human worlds.

Exhibition — 1.4.2023

Questions about the Biennale

At the Venice Architecture Biennale, one can find criticism directed both at the biennial institution itself and at technology solutions made in the name of sustainable development.