Save the worlds rainforests a search at a time with Ecosia. (via)
Author Archives: lewism
The Art of Simon Page
The Art of Simon Page, just fantastic. Check out his international year of astronomy set also.
Google street view now in Finland
Google Street View came to Finland this week, and the coverage looks really good, although there should really be a winter version as well as a summer one here.
Pixelache 2010
Pixelache’s 2010 Helsinki Programme is up on the internets and it’s the best one yet, it’s really developing into a fantastic kind of city laboratory and getting stronger every year, coming up a few more art and energy consumption crossovers like Nuage Vert, as well as other cool stuff like window farms.
Streets of Helsinki
An observant walker through the central streets of Helsinki may have noticed street signs with animal names and icons. These are the original names of the blocks that had died out but which have been reintroduced by the city.
The Nomeculture of a city is basic on one level in that it would be impossible to [...]
Ode to Reading
Read voraciously, many books at a time. Only then will you hear the conversation taking place among them. (via)
The Nykänen Orchid
In counting down to the 2010 winter olympics the guardian posted an article about Matti Nykänen, one of Finlands’ greatest athletes. His record in ski jumping is awesome, but he is just as famous in Finland for his private life which is so colourful and disastrous that it almost eclipses his sporting achievements. Brits could [...]
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Longest Sea Bridge
China has just announced it began constructing the world’s longest sea bridge which will be 50km long. It is y shaped in plan and connects China, Hong Kong and Macau. Just for reference there has been much talk in Finland and indeed Estonia about a link between Helsinki and Tallinn, it was in the Helsinki2050 [...]
Nordic Voices
Nordic Voices is a weblog about literature in the Nordic countries. NV links to an article in the guardian about Estonian literature being translated into English and you could run the same argument in Finland both for and against.
aj notebook
The new aj notebook is pretty cool for a desktop/coffeetable browse.
Roman Architecture
23 lectures on Roman Architecture, in case you wondered what a first year history of Architecture course would be like.
Helsinki World Design Capitol 2012
So Helsinki won the World Design Capitol 21012 competition today. There is already a website, twitter feed and facebook group to follow such being the norm nowadays. I’m happy but not that surprised that we won as the city is home to a vibrant if small design community and the changes in the city coming [...]
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Best place to live in Finland
A housing Website staged a survey to find the best place to live in Finland.
Karjasilta in Oulu won, it’s a relatively suburban area of detached houses from the 40’s and 50’s the runners up are below, I’m not sure but I think they are mostly of the same suburban character with the only exception being [...]
New Pasila
Cino Zucchi Architects have updated their masterplan for Pasila redevelopment. It would add up to forty story 160m high skyscrapers to the Helsinki skyline, at the moment the highest buildings are about 100m high. Pasila was planned and built as an expansion of the centre of Helsinki, infact as early as Eliel Saarinens’ masterplan which [...]
Newly Drawn
Nine up and coming Finnish Architecture practises have a book publication out called Newly Drawn – Emerging Finnish Architects (website).
The firms involved are; Hollmén Reuter Sandman, Verstas, NOW, Anttinen Oiva Architects, Lassila Hirvilammi, Avanto, ALA, AFKS and K2S. The link to buy the book is here.
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Innovations – Architect and Engineer
The Alvar Aalto academy has organised a two day seminar at the Helsinki University of Technology called Innovations Architect and Engineer on 26th and 27th of November. Go here for the programme, and it’s free. (via)