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Designer's Viewpoint — 1.2.2021

Off the Grid

Prefabricated, self-sufficient housing unit Majamaja adapts to different landscapes and climatic conditions.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.2.2021

Gently Sitting in Its Place

The new extension wing by alt Architects brings together the staff of the upper secondary school and vocational school in Kajaani.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.2.2021

On the Drawing Board: Repairing is a Source for Sustainability

Repairing old buildings is a way to find solutions that can also be applied to the design of sustainable new buildings, say Emilia and Pekka Saatsi.

Book — 1.2.2021

At the Core of Architectural Education

The interesting history of the short-lived 1920–30s Soviet art school Vkhutemas is discussed in detail for the first time ever.

Book — 1.2.2021

Shared Zelenogorsk

The article collection born of Finnish-Russian collaboration traces the history of the villa community on at the border of the two nations.

Case Study — 1.2.2021

Revisit: Rajamäki School and Rajakaari Multipurpose Hall

Rajamäki School and Rajakaari Multipurpose Hall were built in the 1960s as a shared effort by the locals. Now the Municipality of Nurmijärvi is planning to demolish the buildings.

Research — 1.2.2021

What are the lessons to be learned from the traditional building methods of indigenous peoples in future sustainable construction? The Arctic Council’s project sought alternative views to current planning and designing practices.

Exhibition — 1.2.2021

Girjegumpi, Breaking Boundaries

Online exhibition The Virtual Girjegumpi is a compilation of knowledge and resources on Sámi architecture from an insider’s perspective.

Phenomena — 1.2.2021

Architecture from the Field Side

Contemporary architects can be inspired by something as simple as a modest agricultural building. Barn architecture has become a global trend.

Column — 1.2.2021

The Unfinished Business of Regionalism in Portuguese Architecture

The development of Portuguese architecture from the mid-20th century onwards carried also political undertones.

Editorial — 1.1.2021

Editorial 1/2021: Architecture at Year One

It will be years before the tangible impacts of the current epidemic will become visible to us.

Column — 1.1.2021

Photo Column: 20.3.2021

Tuomas Uusheimo visits Mall of Tripla in Pasila, Helsinki, three days after the declaration of a state of emergency.

Dialogue — 1.1.2021

Who Has a Right to the City?

Recently, there has been an active discussion about whether Helsinki is planned on the terms of investors or city residents. ARK discussed the sore spots of city planning with the editors of the pamphlet Kenen kaupunki?

Case Study — 1.1.2021

Revisit: The Ruoholahti Canal

Ruoholahti district, built during the 1990s, continues the grid structure of the Helsinki city centre westwards. The canal traversing the district utilises with classic themes of urban planning in a slightly modernized form.

Visions — 1.1.2021

Designing the Future in Pandemic Times

We asked eight Finnish architecture firms what they have been working on in 2020.

Stories

Off the Grid

Gently Sitting in Its Place

On the Drawing Board: Repairing is a Source for Sustainability

At the Core of Architectural Education

Shared Zelenogorsk

Revisit: Rajamäki School and Rajakaari Multipurpose Hall

Zero Arctic

Girjegumpi, Breaking Boundaries

Architecture from the Field Side

The Unfinished Business of Regionalism in Portuguese Architecture

Editorial 1/2021: Architecture at Year One

Photo Column: 20.3.2021

Who Has a Right to the City?

Revisit: The Ruoholahti Canal

Designing the Future in Pandemic Times