Archive for October, 2010
Finnish Architecture 0809
Finnish Architecture stages a Biennial Exhibition of the best in Finnish Architecture and this year 0809 starts its tour in Helsinki before going around the globe. It’s a good chance to look at some great projects, photos and models, step back and survey the progress made and the potential going forward. The exhibition catalogue this [...]
Helsinki Infoshare
Helsinki region now has a website Helsinki Region Infoshare which is going to be a hub for publishing information about the city region over the next few years until I guess the cities and regions take this job over for themselves. Statistical information of all kind will be published here , so it should be [...]
The Architectural Gap
Charles Holland in a great short article about the Sterling Prize talks about the problem of Architecture versus Building. There is an enormous gap between the process of designing and the physical reality of building. Architects get so used to equating drawings and models with buildings – despite the vast scale, material and factual differences [...]