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Designer's Viewpoint — 1.6.2019

Culture in the Big League

Completed last year in Fuzhou, the cultural centre consists of five main functions: an opera house, concert hall, multifunctional hall, cinema and exhibition hall. Pekka Salminen, professor and architect, tells about the project and the activities of PES-Architects in China.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.6.2019

An Office for the New Economy

Digital banking service Holvi decided to build new office premises in Elanto cooperative’s old headquarters in Kallio, Helsinki. The designers needed to create an image of what a new kind of bank could be, without forgetting the past.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.6.2019

The Urban Power Station

Kalasatama Electricity Substation provides electricity to approximately 20,000 people in the Kalasatama, Kulosaari, and Suvilahti districts in Helsinki, yet also aims to create an inviting space for the citizens – with a surrounding metal wall designed for graffiti art.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.6.2019

Past and Future Luxury

The neo-Renaissance building in the Helsinki district of Ullanlinna has been has previously been used, among other things, as offices, but now the building has been restored to its original use as an apartment building.

Essay — 1.5.2019

Reclaiming Expertise

Architects can exert an influence on what is regarded as sustainable construction, but do architects understand their responsibilities? asks Lars-Erk Mattila.

User's Viewpoint — 1.5.2019

On a Path Toward Ecological Living

Talo Kissankäpälä is one of the first single-family houses with natural stack ventilation in the Helsinki metropolitan area that was built after the new Finnish energy regulations came into effect.

Book — 1.5.2019

Did You Read the Manual?

Buckminster Fuller's classic is still timely after 50 years of its publication.

Project Review — 1.5.2019

A Nature Trail in the Grip of Culture and the Past

How to maintain the innate wildness of nature while making it available for everyone? Hanna Johansson visits the recreational path in Lammassaari, Helsinki.

Column — 1.5.2019

Growth and its Costs

Studying the history of urban development might help with understanding the future of cities, suggests Eeva Berglund.

Book — 1.5.2019

A Guide to Recycling Buildings

Manual of Recycling is an invaluable resource for those who are serious about material re-use and conservation.

Exhibition — 1.5.2019

Contemplating Beauty

Calling for beauty as a value is often considered conservative. The 2019 Tallinn Architecture Biennale seeks for modern day meanings of beauty.

Exhibition — 1.5.2019

Aalto as Cultivator

An exhibition at the Museum of Finnish Architecture presents Alvar Aalto's architecture from the perspective of landscape.

Project Review — 1.5.2019

The Renovated Cradle of Humanist Learning

The main building of University of Jyväskylä, designed by Alvar Aalto in 1956, has in the past suffered from a sick building syndrome. Now, newly renovated it returns to its central role on campus.

Book — 1.5.2019

Architecture in Shrunken Terms

Brent Heavener's Tiny House suggests, that sustainable building could also mean designing compelling spatial experiences.

People — 1.5.2019

Studio Visit: Matti Kuittinen –Siding with Sustainability

Since the summer of 2019, Matti Kuittinen has held a new and rare title – Professor of Resource-Efficient Construction and Environmental Impacts.