The key works of one of the most influential early functionalists in Finland, Erik Bryggman (1891–1955), has been on display in …
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Words of Wisdom: National – International by Alvar Aalto (1967)
The curator of the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, Alejandro Aravena, has called for architects to address architecture’s social power. In …
Read more »The School of Exile: A new book on architect Timo Penttilä (1931–2011)
Finnish architect Timo Penttilä (1931–2011) is undoubtedly best known for the design of the Helsinki City Theatre (1960–67), a building …
Read more »The 1909 Nordic Meeting of Architects now included in The Guests of Hvitträsk exhibition
Hvitträsk, the rural studio home of architects Eliel Saarinen, Armas Lindgren and Herman Gesellius built between 1901–1903 in Kirkkonummi, housed …
Read more »Aalto’s summer paradises at the Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyväskylä
Alvar Aalto’s prolific career included designs for more than 100 summer homes. A carefully curated selection of these is now …
Read more »Pleasant it is to be when death is near. Alvar Aalto’s unrealized cemetery and funeral chapel designs in Jyväskylä
Hyvä on olla, kun on lähellä kuolemaa. Pleasant it is to be when death is near. – Uuno Kailas, 1931; …
Read more »Europa Nostra 2015 Award for the conservation of Aalto Library in Vyborg
Europa Nostra, the pan-European network for Europe’s cultural and natural heritage, has announced today that the restoration of Alvar Aalto’s masterpiece, …
Read more »Re-modelled gem of Finnish Art Nouveau at the Architecture on Screen film festival in New York
The Finnish Pavilion at the Universal Exposition in Paris, 1900, will resurrect itself on film as the Center for Architecture …
Read more »The renovated Didrichsen Art Museum is flourishing in Revell’s architecture
The Didrichsen Art Museum in Helsinki has turned a new leaf. After repair and alteration works the museum reopened with …
Read more »Short film tribute to Aarno Ruusuvuori
Wednesday, the 14th of January 2015, marks the 90th anniversary of one the greatest Finnish modernists, architect Aarno Ruusuvuori (1925–1992). …
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