Architecture

Programme - Espoo Encounters 12th International Docomomo Conference 07/08/2012 Docomomo (International committee for documentation and conservation of buildings, sites and neighbourhoods of the modern movement) invites architects,...	International events - Architecture Product Design 4th International Alvar Aalto Meeting on Modern Architecture 27/08/2011 This international modern architecture event will bring experts in the field to Jyväskylä in August. The theme of the 4th Alvar Aalto Meeting is...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters A day of architecture and design 03/02/2012 We will bring together architecture and design professionals and those of the general public with an interest in the industry. In this top-level architecture...	News - Helsinki Event A Helsinki of skyscrapers? The exhibition Peaks – the Future Tower Building in Helsinki opening today at the Information and Exhibition Hall Laituri presents visions of high rise...	News - Helsinki Architecture A new book and exhibition introduce Alvar Aalto´s sites in Helsinki The buildings designed by architect Alvar Aalto are an important part of Helsinki’s urban landscape and valuable architectural heritage. The city is home...
Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions A Place with a View. Recollections of Pihlajamäki. 15/05/2012 Pihlajamäki was built in the early 1960s as one of the first suburban entities in Helsinki that utilised new prefabricated building techniques for...	Blogs - Off to Milan! A well-designed journey from Travemünde to Milan A well-constructed road network and well-maintained roads mean it is possible to get quite far in Europe during a weekend.	News - Helsinki Event Aluminium Furniture Showcased at Design Hotel Students of Interior Architecture and Furniture Design at Aalto University have examined ways in which lightweight, durable aluminium can be used in...	Columns - Andreas Schmidl Alvar Aalto and Hans Arp – Two men and their manifest of the naive form It may not appear as huge surprise that both men were continuously experimenting with form and composition.	News - International Competition Architect! Join us in choosing the building of the year The architectural publication ArchDaily extends an invitation to choose the best building of 2011 to professionals in the industry.
News - Helsinki Architecture Competition Architectural concept chosen for Design Capital’s meeting place The architectural concept of the central meeting place of the Design Capital, a temporary pavilion, has been chosen. The pavilion will be built in spring...	News - Vantaa Event Aviapolis – Riches of the airport city Design Window's new exhibition Aviapolis presents construction and environmental design projects which improve the comfort, accessibility and quality of...	News - Helsinki Architecture Event Berlin-based architect to open discussion on self-initiated building What will city life be like in 2020? Kristien Ring, a specialist in self-initiated building, will be challenging residents to consider alternative modes of...	News - Helsinki Event Building the city in children’s opera The children’s opera Building the city! opens at the Museum of Finnish Architecture. The performers, set and costume designers are 4th-year pupils from...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Bullhorn – Cembrit Design Competition 03/10/2011 In Bullhorn – Cembrit Design Competition we are developing Malmi Station, one of Helsinki’s biggest suburban transit areas, into an outstanding...
Programme - Web Rethinking design C My City – childrens architectural map 01/11/2011 How do children and young people perceive our built environment? The virtual architectural map allows children and youngsters to tell us about it. C My...	News - Helsinki Architecture Central Library competition entries on display at the Bunker The Central Library project in Helsinki is moving ahead. The public will now be given a chance to see the entries submitted to the first phase of the...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Central Library. The Heart of the Metropolis – the Heart of Helsinki An International Architecture Competition 01/12/2011 We are building a more open and active city. A new central library is planned for Helsinki, a public city space open to all and interacting closely both with...	Programme - Vantaa Exhibitions Central, Residential and Workplace Environments exhibition 12/01/2012 We will introduce ways to improve Vantaa residents’ everyday environments. The City of Vantaa’s exhibitions will present an extensive cross-...	News - Helsinki Architecture Event Children’s Guggenheim is daring and open-minded Students at Arkki, School of Architecture for Children and Youth, shared their playful visions for the Guggenheim Museum, proposed to be built in the...
Programme - Helsinki Year of events Cinema and Architecture 03/02/2012 How are architecture and cinema linked? The Academy of Finland, the National Audiovisual Archive KAVA and the Student Union of the University of Helsinki (...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Cinema and Architecture 03/02/2012 How are architecture and cinema linked? The Academy of Finland, the National Audiovisual Archive KAVA and the Student Union of the University of Helsinki (...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Cities for All Helsinki conference 24/05/2012 Accessibility is a matter of design. The international expert conference provides an opportunity for the distribution and dissemination of examples related...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions City and the Sacred – Unrealized Visions 19/11/2012 Church design contests have often been used to decide on new churches. The entries that have become reality have had an essential role in modifying the urban...	News - Helsinki Urban planning Art City of Helsinki receives the concept and development study for a potential Guggenheim museum in Helsinki Report Proposes Location, Purpose, Financing and Governance of a Museum and Recommends Moving Forward with an Architectural Competition.
Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Clay and Wood in the City 02/01/2012 We are looking for a more beautiful city. Clay and Wood in the City will turn the eyesores of the cityscape into pleasant locations. It will be a joint...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Cloud City 01/02/2012 We shall demonstrate the possibilities of diversified and ecological building, illustrate the effects of construction and collect opinions. The Cloud City...	News - Helsinki Architecture Urban culture Construction of the City’s Living Room Progresses at Speed The builders’ dayglo safety vests glimmered in the spring sunshine as the roof of the Pavilion was put in place on its site between Design Museum...	News - Helsinki Architecture Contemporary Finnish architecture far away from home – the exhibition begins! The Museum of Finnish Architecture exhibition Seven Connections takes a look at Finnish architecture around the world beginning on 11 January. A video...	News - Helsinki Education Arts and Sciences Creating the Future Conference provides new ideas, means and methods to explore architecture and design with children in school and after school activities.
News - Vantaa Urban planning Event Culture and urban planning in Vantaa Hurry up, there’s still time to catch the action-packed Vantaa Urban Festival!	Columns - Peter MacKeith Dear Helsinki World Design Capital Visitor, Imagine a seashore city, a harbor city, a city of lapping water, a city of cawing seagulls, a city frozen in winter ice, bathed in summer currents, a city of...	News - Helsinki Event Design conference deals with common welfare Next May, the International Expert Meeting will submit proposals for concrete solutions to global problems, such as population ageing and sustainable...	News - Helsinki Event Design dreams and night-time fun ÖÖ – was it a dream? is a programme of events that introduces the best of Nordic and Estonian design – and recreates the atmosphere of...	Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Design led Innovations for active ageing 01/01/2012 We are seeking solutions to support the active life and independent housing of the aged in Helsinki and other European cities.
Programme - Lahti Rethinking design Designers’ Village 01/09/2011 We are promoting wood construction and wood architecture. Designers’ Village is an innovation park and a testing ground for wood construction. Its...	International events - Event Product Design DesignMarch 2012 22/03/2012 DesignMarch is Iceland’s most important annual design event.	News - Helsinki Architecture Dream design centres at the Information and Exhibition Hall Laituri Architectural students have produced designs for a design year centre that will not only display completed achievements but will also actively create...	News - Architecture Environmental impact as the competitive edge in construction The Sitra report exposes the environmental impact of construction throughout the lifespan of buildings. The Finnish wood construction industry is eager to...	News - Espoo Architecture Environmentally friendly wooden construction progresses In Nuuksio, Espoo, the Nature Centre Haltia is currently under construction. It represents a new kind of ecological and economical use of wood.
Programme - Helsinki Rethinking design Façade colour scheme service of the Building Control Department – Helsinki colour scheme in electronic format 15/08/2011 We make the use of our services much easier. The façade colour scheme service is a new type of online service offering information on the faç...	International events - Architecture Urban planning Festival Architecture Vives 15/06/2011 The international spatial art festival Arcitectures Vives will spread across the city of Montpellier, France in June, with young designers and architects...	News - International Architecture Finnish architecture for China! The largest architectural event in China, ‘Shenzhen & Hong Kong Biennale for Urbanism and Architecture’ is now being organised for the 7th...	Programme - Espoo Exhibitions Futuro 2012 08/05/2012 The WeeGee Exhibition Centre has acquired the first ever mass-produced Futuro house (no. 001), which was owned by Matti Kuusla from summer 1968 to autumn...	News - Espoo Architecture Futuro landed in Espoo The world's first ever mass-produced, futuristic house invites people to learn about the wild visions of future housing in the 1960s.
Programme - Helsinki Communications Genius loci. School of Economics: its architecture, design and art 16/01/2012 Aalto University School of Economics main building in Töölö, Helsinki, is an architectural marvel from the post-war reconstruction period.	News - Media and Communication Gloria Design showcases diverse design with style The new Gloria Design magazine enjoys a spot of lunch in Helsinki's hidden backrooms, examines the intricacies of design and captures the everyday lives...	News - Helsinki Product Design Guided tours of the INDEX: Award Exhibition You can now take an expert-guided tour of the outdoor exhibition on Helsinki's Keskuskatu.	News - Helsinki Architecture Habitare’s Ahead! Made a Statement for Design Finnish architect Vesa Honkonen created the high-profile Ahead! design section at the Habitare fair, playing with contrasts and light.	News - Helsinki Architecture Urban planning Helsinki Housing Fair 2020 shines a light on future living A new exhibition at Laituri provides citizens’ visions of what lifestyles Helsinki’s new districts should cater for.
News - Helsinki Urban planning Competition Ideas for the future of South Harbour The 200 works submitted to the international ideas competition for the design of the Helsinki South Harbour have been published for commenting online. The...	News - Helsinki Event Images produced by conscripts remind us of past destruction In February 1944, a total of two thousand bombers from the Soviet air forces pounded Helsinki for three nights. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed or...	News - International Environment Influencing our environment through design In October, we publicised several WDC 2012 projects on the topic of the environment as part of our programme. Most of these are located in the region of the...	News - Helsinki Architecture International ideas competition for planning South Harbour opens The Helsinki City Planning Department is organising the international South Harbour ideas competition as part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012...	International events - Event Introducing Finnish architecture to New York 20/04/2012 NEWLY DRAWN – ‘Emerging Finnish Architects’ is a network of new-generation architects, which will be providing busy New York with two...
Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Jätkäsaari – Active Co-operation and Partnership under construction period 01/01/2012 We are looking for better prerequisites for life for Helsinki residents. Jätkäsaari will become a new district by the sea in Helsinki. Already...	Columns - Mirva Råman Kaisa's developer Developer team. Service design project. Last year, I found these words in the invitation to the Kaisa library design team exciting. The development project...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Kallio Church, Drawings from early 20th Century 01/03/2012 This small-scale exhibition features Kallio Church designed by Lars Sonck.	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Kamppi Chapel of Silence 31/05/2012 We welcome the idea of having spaces for retreat in the city. A chapel of silence is now under construction on the busy Narinkka square to offer a space of...	News - Helsinki Architecture Urban culture Kamppi Chapel of Silence Offers a Peaceful Space for Everyone in the World Design Capital The Kamppi Chapel of Silence, which is currently being built on Helsinki’s Narinkkatori square, forms a part of the World Design Capital programme....
Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Kulttuurisauna 01/08/2012 We are building a new culture. Kulttuurisauna is a new urban, contemporary Finnish public sauna on the Helsinki waterfront, in Hakaniemenranta.	Programme - Lahti Encounters KUUTIO collective 15/12/2011 We promote creativity and aim for a brighter economy through diversification.	Programme - Lahti Encounters Lahti: Feeling for Wood 04/09/2012 We offer a perspective on wood architecture. Lahti: Feeling for Wood is an international forum for wood architecture and design in wood, and is to be...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Laituri exhibitions 15/04/2011 The programme entity at the Helsinki City Planning Department’s Information and Exhibition Hall Laituri is centred on the theme of Open City – a...	Programme - Other City Rethinking design Lapland Snow Design Event 01/01/2012 We aim to promote Lapland as the expert and trendsetter in arctic design. University of Lapland, the Faculty of Art and Design and Rovaniemi University of...
News - Helsinki Architecture Urban planning Learn more about the future of Helsinki at Narinkkatori Square in Kamppi The Helsinki Horizon 2030 exhibition container presents development plans for the seafront suburbs of the Design Capital.	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Low2No – A new model of sustainable construction and design 01/10/2011 We are working towards developing an innovative city block and concept complying with sustainable development. ‘Low2No’ is abbreviated from the...	News - Helsinki Urban planning Competition Malmi Railway Station to be developed as a result of a design competition The Bullhorn design competition is targeting the development of the area around Malmi Railway Station. The competition focuses on the use of fibre-cement in...	Programme - International Year of events Martela Inspiring Spaces Design Award 31/08/2010 The Inspiring Spaces competition, part of Martela’s Design Awards 2011, sought ideas for a novel, creative and inspiring workspace. The competition was...	Programme - Vantaa Transforming the city Martinlaakso center, Laajaniitynaukio 01/09/2012 Laajaniitynaukio, an architectural square, will be formed between Martilaakso centre’s new shopping centre and Martinmuuri residential block.
International events - Product Design Minnesota celebrates the timeless quality of Finnish design 03/02/2012 Inspired by WDC Helsinki 2012, the Good Design Is Forever event also opened this significant period for design in the most Finnish state of the U.S.A.	Columns - Mikko Heikkinen More design. Oh no! The French architect couple Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal were asked to make improvements to a small piazza in the working class quarters of Bordeaux...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Museum of Finnish Architecture 11/01/2012 The central meeting place of the design capital is a wooden pavilion designed by Aalto University students, and is being built in the courtyard area between...	News - Helsinki Architecture Urban culture Museums in Kaartinkaupunki are going open air! The Museum of Finnish Architecture and Design Museum are expanding their activities to the courtyard between the two museums from June to September 2011....	News - Helsinki Graphic design Napa Gallery's Font Walk reveals stories behind fonts Out today, Napa Gallery's Font Map invites you to explore the world of urban graphic design.
News - Web Architecture New Helsinki Architecture in Virka Virtual Gallery The photo exhibition by Jussi Tiainen consists of 75 photos of buildings in Helsinki that represent new architecture. The photos cover a span of about ten...	News - Lahti Architecture New ideas for education in architecture The 'Playce Nord 2012' seminar in Lahti will be studying the future of education in architecture.	News - Helsinki Architecture New Student Housing to Jätkäsaari The winner of the first architectural competition for the Jätkäsaari area has been announced: “Breakfast on the lawn” by Helamaa and Pulkkinen Architects...	News - Helsinki Architecture New wooden housing in Viikki Helsinki’s Viikki district will be home to 113 housing units in multi-storey wooden buildings. The buildings constitute one of Finland’s largest...	Programme - Vantaa Exhibitions Next Tikkurila. The Old Station Building 150 years 02/01/2012 Next Tikkurila draws attention to the architecture and design of its Station Building, which is soon 150 years old. At the same time, the long roots of the...
Programme - Lahti Encounters Nordic Architecture and Design Workshop 05/09/2012 The Nordic Architecture and Design Workshop in Lahti will examine the land areas located centrally in the city and vacated following the cessation of...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Nordic Building Forum 01/09/2011 What is our energy-efficient society like, or what could it be like? This Nordic congress addresses the topic from the perspectives of urban planning,...	International events - Product Design Partnership Nordic Design Award Exhibition 08/11/2011 The Finnish Embassy in Brazil is co-operating with the embassies of other Nordic countries to organise an exhibition of award-winning Nordic design. The...	News - Helsinki Architecture Urban planning Old Harbour to be Revitalised for Residential Use The Telakkaranta area, an old shipyard in Helsinki, is to be revitalised and turned into a living room for the citizens of the World Design Capital. The...	News - Helsinki Event On the waterfront The Museum of Finnish Architecture exhibition, "Shorelines – Urban living by the water", takes visitors on a journey through Finland's...
International events - Event Product Design Open city – cities for residents, social innovations for the urban environment 10/11/2011 The project is dedicated to the role of design and innovation in the sustainable development of societies. The activities in the project are divided into...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Open House Helsinki 14/09/2012 Our Helsinki is open! Open House Helsinki organizes guided tours to interesting interior spaces, city districts, inner courtyards, as well as new and old...	News - Helsinki Architecture OpenHouseHelsinki OpenHouseHelsinki is an event that opens doors which are normally shut for Helsinki residents and visitors.	News - Helsinki Architecture Event OpenHouseHelsinki opens the doors to the city! What’s it like inside the Katajanokka icebreakers? How about Yrjö Kukkapuro’s Ateljee? What kind of solutions has the architect used in the...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events Pavilion 12/05/2012 Our central meeting place in Helsinki is a temporary pavilion, which will be built in spring 2012 in an empty lot between Design Museum and the Museum of...
Programme - Lahti Encounters PLAYCE NORD 2012 18/04/2012 PLAYCE NORD 2012 is a Nordic seminar and workshop in Lahti, focusing on architectural education for Swedish-speaking children and young people.	News - Helsinki Architecture Registration for Helsinki Central Library architectural competition underway As part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 programme, the City of Helsinki is organising an open international architectural competition for the...	News - Helsinki Urban planning Residents participated in the drafting of an alternative master plan for Meri-Rastila On 6 February, the Alternative Master Plan workshop of the OUTReach action programme offered residents and experts an opportunity to bring forward new ideas...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters SAFA Architecture Seminar 2012 08/06/2012 An annual event for professionals arranged by the Finnish Association of Architects SAFA will be held from 8 to 9 June 2012 in Helsinki.	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Sauna Finlandia, Hernesaari 01/01/2012 We will improve services, develop traveller and adventure services as well as promote the Finnish sauna culture. Sauna Finlandia will have a sauna...
Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Seven Connections – A window on contemporary Finnish architecture 11/01/2012 Marking the kick-off of its officia World Design Capital programme, the MFA will host an experimental exhibition showcasing contemporary Finnish architecture...	International events - Architecture Shenzhen & Hong Kong Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture 11/12/2011 The cities of Shenzhen and Hong Kong are hosting the 7th Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture. The event takes a stand on modern phenomena in China, which...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Shorelines – Urban living by the water 28/03/2012 Finland has 320,000 kilometres of shoreline – that’s eight times the Earth’s circumference! Seas, lakes and rivers are everywhere, with...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Snøhetta: architecture – landscape – interior 10/10/2012 Renowned for its innovative, eco-conscious work, the award-winning Oslo- and New York-based architectural firm Snøhetta is featured in a multi-faceted...	Programme - Espoo Rethinking design Soft tower 01/01/2012 Is it possible to develop better, more exciting, ecological and humane high-rise typologies? Is there a potential for a friendly, soft skyscraper?
News - Helsinki Event Strong head, throbbing heart Virka Gallery is holding an exhibition to celebrate Helsinki's 200-year anniversary as the capital of Finland.	News - Helsinki Event Partnership Students of architecture to chart Design Capital wasteland areas in summer The largest, most international architecture event of the Design Capital year will be arranged next summer in Suvilahti, Helsinki. The two-week festival...	Programme - Kauniainen Year of events Studio Kukkapuro 01/08/2012 Artist and professor Yrjö Kukkapuro’s and graphic artist Irmeli Kukkapuro's studio, built in Kauniainen in 1968, will be opened to the public...	News - Helsinki Event Suomenlinna celebrates the 200-year-old Helsinki The exhibition Searching for the city’s soul dives into the history of the urban planning of our capital.	News - Helsinki Architecture Urban planning Test erection for the World Design Capital meeting point The functioning of the pavilion that will be built in spring 2012 on a plot of land between the Design Museum and the Museum of Finnish Architecture has been...
News - Vantaa Competition The best European airport for connections is in Finland! The British lifestyle magazine Monocle assessed the good connections at the Helsinki-Vantaa airport to be the best in Europe.	News - Helsinki Architecture Urban planning The development of Kruunuvuorenranta followed in photos and video The future Helsinki district of Kruuunuvuorenranta will consist of the former Laajasalo oil docks, Kruunuvuori, Kaitalahti, Tullisaari, Stansvik estate, and...	News - Helsinki Event The Museum of Finnish Architecture is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Kallio Church A remarkable new small-scale exhibition opens today in the upstairs lobby of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, displaying drawings and photographs of...	News - Helsinki Architecture The Rose for Building award to the Arabianranta neighbourhood The residential blocks of Arabianranta rose from the former earthworks on that site. The recently awarded design will be introduced at the Lasipalatsi...	Programme - Helsinki Year of events The Viikki Environment 15/02/2012 The City of Helsinki Environment Centre exhibition introduces the various aspects of nature within Helsinki and Viikki, Viikki area planning and ecological...
News - Helsinki Food Towards an exciting food culture “It is natural for an abattoir to appear rough. Therefore we should not overly refine this project,” designer Hannu Kähönen states, at...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Transformation: Towards a sustainable future 06/06/2012 The home you choose may be the most important ecological decision you ever make. The built environment has been calculated as accounting for up to 60%...	Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Unbuilt Helsinki 04/12/2012 Unbuilt Helsinki is a research studio and site model workshop curated by the graphic designer collective Åbäke and Helsinki-based artist Nene...	Programme - Helsinki Transforming the city Union Axis 01/01/2012 We will enliven the urban landscape and pay attention to our environment. In the Union Line project, the line formed by Unioninkatu and Siltasaarenkatu...	News - Helsinki Urban planning Urban planning for a better life An exhibition at Laituri highlights the role of urban environments in people's quality of life.
Programme - Helsinki Exhibitions Virka Gallery 25/01/2012 Virka Gallery, which is open to all city residents and tourists, puts on exhibitions, events and films at Helsinki City Hall. The exhibitions focus on...	Programme - Helsinki Encounters Wastelands: European Architecture Students Assembly 16/07/2012 During the Wastelands festival we examine issues and possibilities related to empty, unused and wasted spaces within and around urban areas.	News - Helsinki Urban culture Event Welcome to the Pavilion! Completed on the plot between the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum, the Pavilion will be welcoming everyone throughout the summer from...	International events - Architecture Winning Finnish architecture in China 30/04/2012 The Wuxi Grand Theatre, designed by PES-Architects, is a great example of Finnish architecture around the world today.	News - Web Architecture Wood Architecture Guide for Smartphones The new architecture guide from Puuinfo features Finnish masterpieces of wood architecture from different periods.
News - Helsinki Architecture Wood pavilion to be a World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 meeting place A key meeting place of World Design Capital (WDC) Helsinki 2012 will be a pavilion placed in an empty lot between Museum of Finnish Architecture and Design...	News - Helsinki Event Work space and networking for young designers Finnish design is a world-renowned concept, which is above all based on the products and objets d'art of past Finnish designers. But what happens when a...	Programme - Lahti Encounters World Design Capital Gala 02/02/2012 World Design Capital Gala brings together three important design and architecture prizes: the World Design Impact Prize, to be awarded for the first time by...	News - Helsinki Urban culture World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 Pavilion offers open programme for everyone for 105 summer days The World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 Pavilion opening in the centre of Helsinki for the summer months will be a meeting place open to everyone.