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Book — 1.3.2019

Life Inside the Pages

To mark the 10th anniversary, selected highlights from Apartamento's back issues have been brought together as a book.

Phenomena — 1.2.2019

Gendered Perspectives on Architectural Practice

If we are to promote equality within the architectural profession and dismantle the gendered structures underpinning it, we will need everyone’s engagement to make it happen, says Hanna Tyvelä.

Visions — 1.2.2019

Studio: Structuralism – Patterns of Interaction

What kind of transformative potential do the digital tools hold for architectural thinking? Studio course at Aalto University explored the theme in autumn 2018.

Case Study — 1.2.2019

Vibrant Colours, Invigorating Light

Arto Sipinen designed a library building on the campus of the University of Jyväskylä in the early 1970s. Päivi Lukkarinen examines the phases and architecture of the soon-to-be-renovated library.

Visions — 1.2.2019

Schools – Recent Master’s Theses

We showcase four recent master's thesis projects from Finnish architecture schools.

Visions — 1.2.2019

Studio: 1918 – Sites of remembrance of the Finnish Civil War

Raisa Mäkinen, ''Subjective Reality''. Work consisting of seven spatial objects placed on a civil war era prison camp area in Lappeenranta.

Column — 1.2.2019

Let’s combine research and practice!

In recent years, it has become increasingly rare for architects to combine research and a design practice into a single career, yet these two need each other, says Janne Pihlajaniemi.

Research — 1.2.2019

The Building that Disappeared – the Viipuri Library by Alvar Aalto

Laura Berger's doctoral thesis (2018) traces the history of Viipuri Library designed by Alvar Aalto.

Phenomena — 1.2.2019

Should Collectives Replace Starchitects?

The contemporary notion of the architect as an idealist is not a solely positive development if it doesn’t rethink the structural dimension of architectural production and work, Aleksi Lohtaja writes.

People — 1.2.2019

Studio Visit: Jenni Poutanen – Occupation: Diversity and Variety

Architect and university teacher Jenni Poutanen studies and develops working and learning spaces and teaches architecture at Tampere University. She perceives architectural research as an activity that supports design work.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.2.2019

Visible Walls

In Jätkäsaari Elementary School and Daycare Centre, art is integrated into the brickwork of the facades.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.2.2019

Wooden Precision

Energy efficiency aspects and the existing oak trees on the site steered the planning of the daycare centre in the Vaarala district of Vantaa.

Designer's Viewpoint — 1.2.2019

Learning from a School

The first school project in Finland utilising solid wood construction was built with elements produced in a local factory. For the designers, learning about the novel material offered also a chance for new architectural thinking.

Project Review — 1.2.2019

Town and Campus

The first stage of the Metropolia University of Applied Sciences’s large campus in Helsinki, Building A, was inaugurated in January 2019. Elina Koivisto visits the building.

Book — 1.2.2019

The Enduring Appeal of the Aaltos

The essays of nine researchers focus on the Aaltos’ international works and networks. The architects have already been extensively researched – how much in the way of novel discoveries can still be achieved?