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Iittala Brings the Finnish sauna into the city at Bob W Kamppi
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (562+ words) Heritage house Iittala's new sauna lounge combines 1970s nostalgia with the best of Finland's contemporary design. What should a traditional Finnish sauna look like in an urban context, where it serves as a city sanctuary rather than a lakeside escape? That's…...
Vienna’s neighbourhood transformations: Studios and boutique hotels
6+ hour, 26+ min ago (223+ words) With space at a premium, the Austrian capital has long made a virtue of upgrading and expanding existing properties. We meet some of the people building for the future on old foundations. Comploj's home is in the former offices, which…...
Oslo’s New Government Quarter by Nordic Office of Architecture
6+ hour, 27+ min ago (296+ words) The Nordic Office of Architecture's renovation of an Oslo district that was damaged by a terrorist bombing shows how buildings can help a country's healing process. "In prime minister Jens Stoltenberg's speech just a couple of days after the attack,…...
Inside the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi: A landmark of Nordic architecture
6+ hour, 27+ min ago (235+ words) Built 20 years after it was conceived, Finland's embassy was well worth the wait. It's no wonder visitors linger to revel in the beauty of a building that's part Indian ashram, part modernist masterpiece. Finnish art and design fill the space,…...
DNCO rebrands Amsterdam’s business district as an urban village
6+ hour, 27+ min ago (215+ words) London and New York agency DNCO partners with Victory Group to transform Zuidas into "Zudo, a bold new identity. "A big project such as this one needed to have immediate punch to communicate its bold vision, as well as have…...
Appetite for construction: The pioneering engineer, Hanif Kara
6+ hour, 27+ min ago (222+ words) For Hanif Kara, technology is a tool for uniting architecture and construction " and building a better world. More recently, he has overseen the completion of Oxford University's Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities with Hopkins Architects, where Monocle meets him. How…...
The best architecture is invisible. Dubai has signed up two of the world’s most famous practitioners to prove it
2+ week, 5+ day ago (73+ words) The best architecture is invisible. Dubai has signed up two of the world's most famous practitioners to prove it'Monocle Read next: Beneath the skyline: Discover the real Dubai with Monocle's City Guide Have we reached peak pot plant? Over recent…...
Cities on the agenda at the World Governments Summit in Dubai
2+ week, 6+ day ago (116+ words) We report from the World Governments Summit, where we speak to Khalfan Belhoul of Dubai Future Foundation; German minister for digital transformation Karsten Wildberger; and Muhannad Tayem from Deloitte Middle East. Geetanjali Krishna takes us to Budapest's largest public collection…...
Students were asked to imagine the future Louis Kahn Centre – their designs spoke to the architect’s enduring legacy
3+ week, 4+ day ago (259+ words) Inviting students to imagine the future Louis Kahn Centre has produced work that explores light, landscape and material " without freezing Kahn's legacy in time. "Students are freer," says architect Mari-Liis Vunder of the Louis Kahn Estonia Foundation. "They are not…...
Floor plans to die for: The perfect architecture for murderers, serial killers and satanists
3+ week, 4+ day ago (116+ words) Blood just spills differently on a beautiful floor. From Gaud" settings for a killing spree to modernist murder pads, architecture has long been crime's most elegant accomplice. Here, we round-up the designs in novels" Of course, this is not the…...