Finnish Architecture News

LIGHT HOUSES. Young Nordic Architecture Exhibition and Programme started at the MFA

5.6.2013

Alvar Aalto Design Seminar programme announced

19.4.2013

The programme and speakers for the seventh Alvar Aalto Design Seminar have been confirmed.

Exhibition on Glenn Murcutt at the MFA. Lectures by Juhani Pallasmaa and Lindsay Johnston

5.4.2013

Do you know a fine representative of fresh Finnish architecture?

4.4.2013

Alvar Aalto Museum’s new online journal connects Aalto researchers around the world

22.2.2013

Alvar Aalto, one of the top names in modern architecture, engages researchers across traditional subject boundaries all over the world. Art historians, architects, sociologists and others including engineers and conservators are producing valuable new Aalto-related research. Now, the Alvar Aalto Museum has opened up new avenues for researchers’ work.

Publication of the Month: Finnish Architecture with an Edge

1.2.2013

Five Finalists Announced for the 2013 EU Prize for MIES VAN DER ROHE AWARD

1.2.2013

Rose for Building 2012 award to the World Design Capital 2012 Pavilion

29.1.2013

The World Design Capital 2012 Pavilion between Museum of Finnish Architecture and Designmuseum has won the annual award of recognition of the City of Helsinki Building Control Commission, the Rose for Building.

Unbuilt Helsinki / Castles in the Sky - New exhibitions at the Museum of Finnish Architecture

5.12.2012

Harry Charrington’s Aalto research receives award of international importance

30.11.2012

The Royal Institute of British Architects, RIBA, has given a prize to the architect Dr Harry Charrington for his work on Alvar Aalto. The RIBA President’s Award for Outstanding University-located Research is intended “to promote and champion high-quality research and encourage its dissemination and incorporation into the knowledge base of the profession”. The award ceremony will be held in Bath, UK, on December 5.

Emerging Finnish Architect to Design a Floating Viewpoint for a Nature Reserve in the Heart of London

28.11.2012

Iconic Houses website puts leading house museums all on one map

12.11.2012

A unique resource for travellers and lovers of 20^th century houses is now online at iconichouses.org

Seven Connections exhibition @Shanghai Radical Design Week

26.10.2012

The Best School in the World exhibition in AIA New York

26.10.2012

Important collection has been donated to the Alvar Aalto Foundation

23.10.2012

The collection of lighting manufacturer Valaistustyö Viljo Hirvonen ky has been donated to the Alvar Aalto Foundation.

Motherboard and UNBUILT HELSINKI exhibiton news.

3.7.2012

The fifth biennial review of Finnish architecture offers a richer variety of perspectives than ever before.

20.6.2012

Inspired Nordic Approaches at the Venice Architecture Biennale

20.6.2012

Alvar Aalto Museum’s new mobile app brings Aalto’s architecture to the user’s pocket

31.5.2012

Inside Helsinki Walk

16.5.2012

The splendid interiors in Helsinki provide an insight into a whole new world. All enthusiasts may join the Inside Helsinki Walk arranged every day from mid June till the end of August in summer 2012.