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, both in print and online. 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 for print issues, it is recommended to consider the announced, forthcoming themes (see below). In online articles we value topicality.
Upcoming theme issues and schedules:
5/2026 New Wood Architecture
The issue is in process will be out on 7 December.
1/2027 Memory
The March issue will focus on memory and places of remembrance. The texts in the issue may address, but are not limited to, the following questions:
• What kinds of spaces and buildings are currently being created for memory institutions – such as museums, libraries, and archives – in Finland and internationally, and in what direction is their architecture evolving? How do factors like digitalization and artificial intelligence influence their spatial requirements?
• How can the built environment convey traces of the past, including its darker historical aspects? Can architecture help communities recover from such tragedies?
• What new forms have monuments located in urban spaces taken in recent times?
• How does digitalization affect our understanding of cultural heritage? For instance, is it necessary to preserve physical buildings if they can be recorded for future generations as digital models?
Send your article or project proposal by 6 November to ark@ark.fi. The issue will be published on 1 March 2027.
General guidelines
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 and in what kind of format? We usually publish 1-2 long articles (+10 000 marks) in one issue. In addition, there are interviews, shorter texts or commentaries on a current topic, and reviews.
- 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.