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Academic Juha Leiviskä receives the international Daylight Award 2020 for Daylight in Architecture

19.05.2020

Pakila Church of the Good Shepherd Church. Minimalistic and high organ are on the left. Instead of an altarpiece, behind the altar is a white wall with various recesses from which natural light flows in. The church hall is decorated with golden clusters of lamps hung at different heights.

Academic Juha Leiviskä is laureate of the important international award, which honours and supports daylight research and daylight in architecture, …

Art of Exceptional Times is Born Out of Toilet Paper and Vegetables

04.05.2020

Screenshot of Instagram feed, full of #karanteenitaidetta works. Dama con l'unicorno, The Girl with a Pearl Earring, Medusa, Young sick Bacchus, Girl with cat 2 ja The Kiss.

Finns are taking part in the viral quarantine art challenge and creating their versions of world-famous art pieces on social …

Architecture amidst pandemic

28.04.2020

Harjakattoinen puukerrostalo Trekoli. TRidge-roofed wooden apartment building Trekoli. The façade of the house is of brown-grey wood. The apartment building is located in a wooden house area, where it stands out from the rest with its modern look.alon julkisivu on ruskeanharmaata puulautaa. Kerrostaloa sijaitsee puutaloalueella, jossa se erottuu muista modernilla ulkoasullaan.

Spring 2020 has shown in an unprecedented way the importance of society’s ability to function. During the state of emergency, …

Open Call: Curatorial competition for Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2021

27.04.2020

Estonian Centre for Architecture announces the curatorial competition for the 6th international Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) 2021. Tallinn Architecture Biennale …

Architecture during distancing

23.04.2020

Someone is holding a phone, Archinfo Finland's Instagram account is open on the screen. On the background a window sill with plants and flowers.

This spring, exceptional circumstances have globally have created new boundaries for our everyday life. Since staying at home and practising …

Architects Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen’s collection donated to the Museum of Finnish Architecture

03.04.2020

Temppeliaukio Church's hall: the strip windows that surround the border of the hall separate the copper dome ceiling from the bare rock walls. In the foreground, the church benches, on the left the organ. The view faces the altar.alanpalvelus sali: salin katon rajaa kiertävät nauhaikkunat erottavat kuparisen kupolikaton paljaista kalliokivisistä seinistä. Etualalla kirkon penkit, vasemmalla urut. Näkymä suuntautuu kohti alttaria.

The donation to the Museum of Finnish Architecture includes the architect brothers’ collective works from three decades. Timo and Tuomo …

In these times we need understanding, patience and caring

20.03.2020

Crossroads in Helsinki called Viiskulma, captured from ubove.

We at Archinfo Finland take part in the collective efforts to slow down the spreading of COVID-19. By following the …

Recruitment process for Archinfo Finland’s new director is under way – Head of Communications Miina Jutila appointed as Acting Director

16.03.2020

Archinfo Finland's seven employees smiling in the office foyer.

The recruitment process for Hanna Harris’s successor as Archinfo Finland’s director will be concluded after the situation caused by COVID-19 …

Are we all ancient Greeks? exhibition at the Museum of Finnish Architecture 2 June – 23 August

13.03.2020

Architect Aarne Ervi leans on a pilar of the ruins of the Temple of Poseidon.

Are we all ancient Greeks? Finnish architects at the roots of culture2.6.–23.8.MUSEUM OF FINNISH ARCHITECTUREKASARMIKATU 24, HELSINKI “We are all …

Uno Ullberg exhibition at the Museum of Finnish Architecture 2 June – 23 August