Experience Architecture

Main Library, Turku

JKMM Architects (www.jkmm.fi) 2007. Photos: Michael Perlmutter.

ARCHITECTURE

Laajasalo Church, Helsinki

Kari Järvinen and Merja Nieminen Architects (www.ark-jn.fi) 2003. Photos: Arno de la Chapelle, Jussi Tiainen.

Welfare Centre Onni, Pukkila

L&M Sievänen Architects (www.ark-sievanen.fi) 2007. Photos: Jussi Tiainen.

Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland

Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects (www.ark-l-m.fi)

Senate Building, Helsinki

Architect Carl Ludvig Engel 1828. www.mfa.fi

More architecture
EVENTS

Jouni Kaipia: Scenes and settings

3.12.2011 - 26.2.2012, Jyväskylä, Finland Architectural photographs with human beings (and some animals). Alvar Aalto Museum Gallery

Seven Connections – A Window on Contemporary Finnish Architecture

11.1.2012 - 26.2.2012, Museum of Finnish Architecture

Alvar Aalto Medal 2012

4.2.2012 - 26.2.2012, Museum of Finnish Architecture
More events

Exhibitions

Museum of Finnish Architecture
Exhibitions of the Museum of Finnish Architecture

Alvar Aalto Museum
Exhibitions of the Alvar Aalto Museum

Laituri
Helsinki City Planning Department's information and exhibition centre Laituri shows Helsinki's future projects: architecture, town planning and traffic and transportation planning.

Virka
Virka is an exhibition venue and information point at Helsinki City Hall. Virka Info offers information on the City of Helsinki and its services. Virka Gallery offers exhibitions, movies and concerts.

Online Resources

Museums and Castles in Finland
National Board of Antiquities

Helsinki New Horizons
Web presentation in English of new Helsinki neighbourhoods. City of Helsinki.

Buildings from the decades of Finnish independence
Walking route prepared by Helsinki City Museum

A Tour in Art Nouveau Helsinki
Web guide available with eight different languages. Helsinki City Museum.

Architecture in Kuopio
Savon Arkkitehdit SAFA

Architectural Sights in Oulu
Pohjois-Suomen SAFA

Visit Helsinki
Architecture at the official tourism website of the city of Helsinki.

Architectural Tours

Open House Helsinki
Open House Helsinki organizes guided tours of interesting buildings, interiors, landmarks and older and more recent architectural destinations.

 

Online Exhibitions

Selection of web exhibitions.

 

Alvar Aalto's life

Säynätsalo Town Hall

Alvar Aalto Chairs

Alvar Aalto Light fittings

Villa Mairea


 

Articles

Eero Saarinen and Helsinki
Although Eero Saarinen pursued his life's work in the United States and his oeuvre belongs to the history of American architecture, he had permanent and solid contacts with Finland, his country of birth, and the beginning of his professional career was associated with Helsinki.