When Finnish architects Alvar and Aino Aalto completed their Paimio Sanatorium in 1933, the streamlined building must have looked like an emissary from the future, set down in a forest of fragrant ...

Puusauna harnesses the power of trees, using whole trunks in its exquisite architecture by Jaakko Torvinen, which earns it a ...

A new book from the grandson of the celebrated Finnish architects draws on never-before-published letters and photographs to tell the tale of the couple’s shared legacy. Aino and Alvar Aalto in the ...

In Tampere, Finland, a psychiatric clinic at Tampere University Hospital showcases a patient-focused design by C.F. Møller Architects in collaboration with Finnish studio ARCO Architecture Company.

A unique new option is now available to design lovers who happen to find themselves seeking overnight accommodations in Western Finland: the former patient rooms of a 1933 sanatorium designed by Alvar ...

On a tour of southern Finland, seeing the enduring masterworks of architect Alvar Aalto. When Finnish architects Alvar and Aino Aalto completed their Paimio Sanatorium in 1933, the streamlined ...

I “discovered” Leiviskä’s work in 1991 through one of his ecclesiastical designs, the Myyrmäki Church and Parish Center at Vantaa outside Helsinki (1980–84). Genuine architecture communicates before ...

Text description provided by the architects. The Dance House project is a long-awaited milestone in the history of Finnish performing arts. The impressive new building and renovated premises in the ...

A terracotta-toned palette of concrete, brickwork and tiles nods to Lappeenranta's distinctive 1980s civic architecture at ...

Saija Hollmén (born 1970) has carved out a career path for herself that differs from the traditional role of an architect. She is currently a vice dean and professor of practice at Aalto University.

A proposal by award-winning Helsinki firm JKMM has won a global design competition for the city’s new Museum of Architecture and Design. Slated to open in 2030, the roughly 100,000-square-foot ...

We explore the modernist wonders of an architect’s retreat and trace its enduring influence. Some 50 years later, Pia’s car is under the cottage’s parking canopy and her two grandchildren are playing ...