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White Arkitekter and K2S Architects set to revitalise Helsinki’s Makasiiniranta waterfront

December 5, 2022 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Studios White Arkitekter and K2S Architects are set to turn an underutilised area alongside Helsinki harbour into a cultural precinct incorporating several historic buildings. Local practice K2S Architects and Sweden’s White Arkitekter won the competition to revitalise the Makasiiniranta area on the city’s South Harbour with a proposal called Saaret, or “The Islands”, developed with

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JKMM and ILO architects extend Helsinki’s Cable Factory with metal-clad dance centre

October 11, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

A large steel-clad cube encloses the Dance House in Helsinki, which local architecture studios JKMM and ILO architects have created by converting and extending part of a former cable factory. Providing over 7,000 square metres of space, the Dance House forms part of a wider redevelopment of the old industrial building that was acquired by

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Maiju Suomi and Elina Koivisto design “insect hotel” Alusta Pavilion in Helsinki

September 13, 2022 Jane Englefield 0

Rugged clay forms the walls of this pavilion in Finland by architects Maiju Suomi and Elina Koivisto, which aims to provide an urban habitat for pollinators and was featured as part of Helsinki Design Week. Called Alusta Pavilion, the project was installed in the courtyard between the Museum of Finnish Architecture and Helsinki Design Museum in

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Little Finlandia in Helsinki is a modular conference venue held up by pine trees

August 12, 2022 Nat Barker 0

Ninety-five pine trees that retain their branches support the roof of Little Finlandia, an events centre in Helsinki designed by recently graduated architect Jaakko Torvinen. The temporary structure was developed by the City of Helsinki as a meanwhile space during a three-year renovation of the neighbouring Finlandia Hall, designed by legendary Finnish architect Alvar Aalto

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Fyra celebrates bohemian history of Helsinki’s Hotel Torni in contemporary revamp

July 29, 2022 Ali Morris 0

Lobby of Hotel Torni by Fyra with Up 50 armchair by B&B Italia in front of pink wallpaper

Finnish interiors studio Fyra has fostered a “bohemian ambience” in this hotel in Helsinki by layering different styles, colours and historical references within its public spaces. Hotel Torni was originally built in 1931 based on designs by architects Jung & Jung, with its 14 storeys making it the tallest building in Finland at the time.

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Formafantasma and Artek’s Cambio exhibition explores Finnish design’s link to forestry

July 28, 2022 Jane Englefield 0

Design duo Formafantasma has collaborated with furniture brand Artek to explore the relationship between the timber and design industries in Finland through an exhibition at Helsinki Design Museum. Called Cambio: On Finnish Forestry, the exhibition is part of Formafantasma’s wider Cambio project – an ongoing investigation into the global impact of the extraction, production and

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Unusual colour combinations make up Durat showroom in Helsinki

July 24, 2022 Rima Sabina Aouf 0

Orange wash trough against a green wall in the Durat Helsinki showroom

Finnish interior designer Linda Bergroth has brought together unexpected colour combinations for the Durat showroom in Helsinki, which is filled with the manufacturer’s terrazzo-like surface material made from plastic waste. The showroom occupies around 100 square metres of space in central Helsinki on the site of a former coffee shop. Durat’s speckled surface material can

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JKMM incorporates industrial structures into new University of the Arts Helsinki spaces

March 16, 2022 Jon Astbury 0

The univsersity occupies an old factory and silo

Historic structures including a silo building and an old factory have been incorporated into a new home for the University of the Arts Helsinki, designed by local architecture studio JKMM to pay homage to the post-industrial Sörnäinen neighbourhood. The complex provides new spaces for the university’s Academy of Fine Arts and Theatre Academy, with a

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Yatofu uses “honest” materials to revamp Teemaa teahouse in Helsinki

January 13, 2022 Natasha Levy 0

Tea tasting room with red brick wall and paper lantern above weathered wooden table in Teemaa teahouse in Helsinki, designed by Yatofu

Design studio Yatofu has refined the interiors of a teahouse in downtown Helsinki with elements of brick, oak and oxidised steel. The Teemaa cafe, which serves traditional Chinese and Japanese teas without artificial additives, was renovated to reflect both the craft of the brewing process as well as the raw tactile quality of the tea

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“We’re building tunnels not walls” says Angry Birds co-founder behind plan to link Helsinki and Tallinn via undersea tunnel

October 27, 2021 Marcus Fairs 0

A €15 billion project to link the capitals of Finland and Estonia via a tunnel beneath the Baltic Sea will create a metropolitan area “much, much better” for tech startups than Silicon Valley, according to CEO Peter Vesterbacka. The Finest Bay Area project will add 200,000 homes in four new districts, including affordable accommodation for

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