Alvar Aalto at Vitra Design Museum / Introduction

The Alvar Aalto retrospective at the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein provides an extensive overview of Alvar Aalto’s life and work. Entitled Second Nature, the exhibition presents historical architectural models, original drawings, furniture, lights and glassware, as well as works by other acclaimed artists like Alexander Calder or Jean Arp. The exhibition is […]

Pirjo Sanaksenaho: “Architecture as a combination of art and technology”

“Architecture as a combination of art and technology” Pirjo Sanaksenaho, Associate Professor School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Architecture by  Aalto University

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JKMM is Helsinki based architecture office. Founded in 1998 by four partners, Asmo Jaaksi, Teemu Kurkela, Samuli Miettinen and Juha Mäki-Jyllilä, the office now employes 45 people. Over the years, JKMM has won over 75 prizes including 20 first prizes, making JKMM one of the most succesful architecture offices in Finland. JKMM Architects offers a complete service […]

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Turku City Library

Video on the new part of the Turku City Library drawn by architect bureau JKMM with main architect Asmo Jaaksi. This part of the library was opened in 2007 and today it is the most visited public library in Finland. by Jarmo Roksa Asmo Jaaksi (born in 1966) is a partner of JKMM Architects since […]

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Winter in Lapland in Finland

Discover Rovaniemi (with Santa Claus Village at the Arctic Circle), Levi Mountain ressort, Saariselkä, Kemi and other unforgettable places in Finnish Lapland. Travel to the unique arctic North by Santatelevision

Snow Hotel , Lapland

The Snow Hotel in Lapland, Finland, is a destination that’s hard to forget. The Snow Village is an arctic adventure offering a large ice hotel with an ice restaurant and ice bar, along with activities such as an ice maze and snow slides. Opened in 2000, this ice hotel’s accommodation consists of 20 igloo bedrooms […]

My Boston with Steven Imrich: Eero Saarinen Chapel at MIT

Watch as Steven Imrich takes us on a tour of Eero Saarinen’s MIT Chapel, the “epitome of a landscape-driven architecture project.” Imrich,who said the Saarinen Chapel had a strong influence on his career, is a principal at Cambridge Seven Associates, where he has helped design such important new buildings in Boston as the Children’s Museum. […]

Temppeliaukio Church | Helsinki Rock Church

With over half a million visitors a year, the Tempeliaukkio or ‘Rock Church’ is one of Helsinki’s most treasured landmarks. Designed by Finnish architects and brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and built in 1968-69, the Lutheran church was constructed within an excavated rock formation. Apart from its impressive architectural features the glazed dome hovering above […]

Kamppi chapel .”Chapel of Silence”. (Mob video)

The chapel of silence, designed by Mikko Summanen for Helsinki World Design Capital 2012. It locates at the shopping area and people can go there to sit in the silence and relax or pray or talk with the priest. (info Marjut Reivilä) video by aboturku This small wooden chapel introduces a place for silence and […]

Museum of the History of Polish Jews by Rainer Mahlamäki (& interview)

Professor Rainer Mahlamäki (born 1956) is a Finnish architect, President of the Finnish Association of Architects (SAFA) and Principal, Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects, Helsinki, Finland. Mahlamäki studied architecture at the Tampere University of Technology, and was awarded the Master of Science in Architecture in 1987. He was a partner and the managing director of the […]