Arkkitehti – Finnish Architectural Review publishes topical and timely takes on architecture, urban design, planning and other related fields, with content ranging from essays to commentaries, project reviews and articles as well as book and exhibition reviews. The magazine also showcases novel and interesting architecture and design projects and research. Arkkitehti follows global discourse with focus on the Finnish context.
Article and project proposals can be submitted throughout the year to ark@ark.fi for consideration. When drafting the proposals, it is recommended to consider the announced, forthcoming themes (see below).
Upcoming theme issues and schedules:
5/2025 New Visions
The issue is in process and will be out in mid-November.
1/2026 Housing
We are looking for texts that examine the development and flexibility of housing design as well as more diverse methods of housing production. The texts may address (but are not limited to) the following questions:
• How could housing design better take into account the needs of different demographies? Can the existing building stock be modified for this purpose?
• How can we ensure that buildings are adaptable to changing lifestyles in the long term? What concepts have been developed in Finland and abroad for this purpose?
• What effects will cuts in subsidized housing production have on urban planning and housing design? Is it possible to prevent the segregation of residential areas through housing policy and construction? Are there models of affordable housing production abroad that could be applied in Finland?
Send your text or project proposal no later than 3 November to ark@ark.fi. The texts will be written and finished during November and December. The issue will be out in early February 2026.
Texts
- When pitching a text, you should explain the intended scope, main idea, and focal questions of the text shortly in the email. You don’t have to have a full-length draft ready.
- Why is the topic interesting and relevant right now? Why the text is a good fit for the magazine?
- What kind of source material, interviews, reporting or readings are you going to rely on?
- How long a text do you have in mind? We are currently receiving a lot of proposals for long articles (+10 000 marks) that we can only fit one or two in one issue. If you want to enhance the changes of getting your idea through, offer to write, for example, an interview, a shorter text or commentary on a current topic.
- The editorial staff decides on the publication of proposed texts. All texts go through an editorial process.
- Texts can be written in English or in Finnish. All material chosen for publication will be translated and edited for publishing in both languages.
- The magazine pays fees for published articles.
- We attempt to respond to all pitches, but sometimes we are in a hurry. If you haven’t received a reply to your email, please send a message again.
Articles
The magazine publishes both shorter and longer articles – with illustrations, if needed. Longer articles can be based on research, or take a form of an essay or a review article. The length should be approximately between 10,000 and 12,000 characters (incl. spaces). Shorter articles can be, for instance, reviews, viewpoints or commentaries to an interesting topic, or interviews. The length is usually between 4,000 and 8,000 characters (incl. spaces).
We appreciate standard language and clear expression, contextualising the topics and critical thinking. We appreciate if you can combine abstract thinking and hands-on analysis of existing buildings or other architectural projects.
Project Review or Commentary
The magazine publishes commentaries and reviews on newly built and timely projects. The reviewed projects should be discussed in advance with the editorial staff. The proposed length is around 4,000 characters (incl. spaces).
Book or Exhibition Review
The reviewed books and exhibitions should be discussed in advance with the editorial staff. The proposed length is between 2,000 and 4,000 characters (incl. spaces).
Projects, Design Proposals
Submissions of buildings and other architecture or design projects proposed for publication should include general information of the project, such as the name, location and a necessary amount of screen quality photographs or other material needed for communicating the core idea of the project. We mainly publish architectural and design projects in Finland and by Finland-based or Finnish designers abroad. However, international projects related to topical themes in architectural discourse may also be showcased in the context of wider articles.
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Arkkitehti – Finnish Architectural Review is not responsible for materials sent without request.