Archive for January, 2007
Finnish Architecture and Design Websites A List
I have started putting together this list of websites in Finland to do with Architecture and Design so its all easily accessable in one place.This is my list so far if I’ve missed one or you would like one added please comment, I’ll update this periodically also; 3D Model of Helsinki – A 3d Model [...]
Tooled up
I got a Canon 400D digital slr camera yesterday (Rebel XTI in the US) so now I can shoot some proper digital photos, except here it comes in all the Scandinavian languages that means no English. Luckily i’m on this new fangled interweb thingy and can find it quite easily. Nice digital slr introduction here.
Visit to Tampere
(excellent photo of centre of Tampere by vanikat) Last weekend we went to Tampere and I had a quick guided driving tour of the city at night although I couldn’t afford any time for a closer look. I like the feel of the city, it seems to be thriving and well worth a visit. Reima [...]
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, is a beautiful novel about a grandaughter and grandmother living on an island in the Finnish Arpelago. This is one of Tove Janssons’ adult novels although she is much more famous as the creator of the moomins. This book however really deserves to be held up as a great [...]
2006 Roundup
I think 2006 was really the year skyscrapers became the driving force of BIG (if not necessarily good) architecture, from Beijing to Edinburgh Skyscrapers are being proposed and realised in ever more iconic fashion, and I don’t see much changing this year either. AR has a nice awards page for emerging architecture in 2006, which [...]
Ice Hotel
Just over a year ago I posted about Ice Architecture. I’ve just now updated the map to show the location of the Ice Hotel and there are some great new photos over at ADD. I hope everyone had a great xmas & new year.