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Exhibition — 1.6.2020

Alvar Aalto as a Museum Architect

The Alvar Aalto Museum’s winter 2020–2021 exhibition presents Aalto’s ten most significant museum designs, from the 1920s to the 1970s.

Exhibition — 1.6.2020

Sacral Aalto

The newest book in the thematic series presenting the buildings of Alvar Aalto by Jari ja Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen showcases Aalto's church designs.

Book — 1.6.2020

Many Possible Roads, Many Possible Lives

The recent biography of Göran Schildt sheds new light on the life and thinking of the art historian, most familiar to architects through his book series on Alvar Aalto.

Editorial — 1.6.2020

Editorial 6/20: Back to the Future

The Covid-19 pandemic is has caused a great disruption in many fields of life – but also offers an opportunity for change.

Phenomena — 1.6.2020

In September 2020, our editorial office received a letter entitled Call for Action 2020 addressed to institutions engaged in cultural activities in Finland as a call for anti-racist action. In this article, we wish to reflect upon the letter and the questions it raises.

People — 1.6.2020

New Standards – A Curatorial Roundtable

After a one-year delay, the Venice Architecture Biennale will open in spring 2021. We sat down with the curatorial team of the Finnish pavilion.

People — 1.6.2020

Christine Schildt: “Alvar and Göran Were Connected by Their Will to Experience the New”

The friendship of Alvar Aalto and Göran Schildt lasted for decades. Göran Schildt’s widow Christine Schildt reminisces about her life as the writer’s wife and as a friend of Alvar and Elissa Aalto.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.6.2020

Architects of a Better World

In May 2020, Finnish architects joined the Architects Declare movement for the climate. We asked two of the founding signatories of Architects Declare Finland how things are going with the declaration.

Phenomena — 1.6.2020

Return of the Industry

Integrating industry within the urban fabric of our cities could contribute to their long-term sustainability. In the Malminkartano district of Helsinki, many principles presently considered radical have been on trial for some 30 years.

Book — 1.5.2020

More Than “Water”

The new books on Else Aropaltio and Alvar Aalto urge Anni Vartola to pause and take the architecture in.

Book — 1.5.2020

An Alpine Monument to Hospitality

The iconic Waldhaus Hotel in the Swiss alpine village Sils Maria has been owned by the same family ever since its opening in 1908. New book tells the story of the hotel.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.5.2020

Filling in the Blank

A brand new Courtyard Tampere City Hotel, designed by ALA Architects, seeks to foster a sense of cohesion between Tampere Hall and Tampere University’s main building.

Visions — 1.5.2020

The New Life of Gardenia

Students at Aalto University envisaged new uses for Gardenia, originally designed as a nature centre, in Helsinki’s Viikki district.

Project Review — 1.5.2020

In the Flow

The Helsinki Olympic Stadium has undergone extensive refurbishment, in which the 1930s sports shrine has been adapted to become a multi-purpose arena for the new millennium.