Project Review

New Geometry of the Ceiling

Suspended ceiling in timber at Helsinki Airport is refined by digital technology.

Interview

A Bridge to the Future

The bridge leading from the Turku city centre over the railway line to the Logomo cultural venue was designed as a convertible machine.

Book

An Introduction to Elissa Aalto

The first book about Elissa Aalto focuses on her work as an architect and leaves the person distant.

Book

A Comprehensive Disability Manifesto for Architecture

Accessibility is an inadequate reading of disability in architecture, sees David Gissen. The Architecture of Disability re-examines the history and theory of architecture through the lense of disability.

Book

A Solid Monograph on Juha Leiviskä’s Sensitive Architecture

The book published by the Museum of Finnish Architecture examines the career of architect Juha Leiviskä in the current century.

Article

Learning from the Ugliest Building in Oulu

In the middle of a residential area in Oulu, a silo designed by Alvar Aalto is decaying as one last remnant of a pulp mill that operated on the site in the 1900s. In its unmaintained state, the building offers a lesson in the time of an eco-crisis.

Editorial

Editorial: Finland Is Demolishing, but for How Long?

Approximately 4,000 buildings are demolished in Finland every year. Would it be possible to imagine a future in which buildings would only be demolished if absolutely necessary?

Book

Ilmakirja Gives a Voice to the Supporters of Natural Ventilation

The book Ilmakirja is the most comprehensive presentation on natural ventilation in Finnish context by so far – yet ends up being more of a manifesto than a pure reference book.