Majamaja is an off-grid seaside cabin near Helsinki
Architect Pekka Littow has used Finnish spruce and birch plywood for off-grid holiday home Majamaja, which is perched on a rocky outcrop by the sea just outside of Helsinki. More
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Competition: win a €1,000 gift card to spend at Finnish Design Shop
For our latest competition, we've teamed up with Finnish Design Shop to offer readers the chance to win a €1,000 gift card, or one of 10 €100 gift cards. More
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Ortraum Architects builds timber music studio beside house in Helsinki
Ortraum Architects has built an asymmetric studio called 12 in the garden of a house in Helsinki, Finland, to provide its owners with space to compose music and make ceramics. More
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Aino and Alvar Aalto's Savoy restaurant in Helsinki restored after 80 years
Ilse Crawford and her eponymous studio worked with Finnish furniture brand Artek to carry out a sensitive revamp of notable Helsinki restaurant Savoy. More
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Helsinki to build Architecture and Design Museum as part of post-pandemic recovery plan
The Finnish government will fund the construction of an architecture and design museum in the country's capital as part of its coronavirus pandemic support package. More
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Live foraging in Finland with chef Sami Tallberg for VDF x Stockholm Design Week
Finnish chef Sami Tallberg takes Virtual Design Festival viewers on a live foraging tour of the forest surrounding his home as part of our collaboration with Stockholm Design Week. More
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Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects creates angular Arctic Sauna Pavilion
Finnish studio Toni Yli-Suvanto Architects has created a timber pavilion that functions both as a sauna and a hub for social activities. More
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Finnish granite and pine feature in Helsinki's Nanso shop
Studio Joanna Laajisto used local materials to fashion the pared-back interior of this womenswear shop in Helsinki, which has been revamped to compete with online shopping. More
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Box in Helsinki is designed to be the "perfect" place to pick up online orders
Design studio Fyra has fashioned brightly hued interiors for this hassle-free collection point in Helsinki, which includes a recycling area, fitting rooms and product show space. More
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Black timber and zinc house with sauna sits next to a Finnish lake
A house by Studio Puisto in Finland, sits between a lake and a dense spruce forest and is clad in black-oiled wood and topped by sloping zinc roofs. More
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JKMM Architects designs disc-shaped extension to National Museum of Finland
JKMM Architects has designed an extension to Finland's national museum in Helsinki topped with a white, disc-shaped concrete roof. More
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Self-sustaining cabins on tiny Finnish island are heated by a sauna stove
Finnish designers Aleksi Hautamaki and Milla Selkimaki have built a self-sufficient summer house on the five-acre island they own on the edge of Finland's Archipelago National Park. More
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Finland announces plans to become carbon neutral by 2035
Finland's new government has promised to reduce the country's fossil-fuel consumption and invest in renewable energy sources, after 80 per cent of Finns called for urgent action on climate change. More
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Helsinki Central Library Oodi topped with translucent "book heaven"
The Helsinki Central Library Oodi, designed by ALA Architects, is topped with large open-plan reading room under an undulating roof punctured by circular skylights. More
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Studio Joanna Laajisto designs The Way bar in Helsinki to reflect its organic menu
Studio Joanna Laajisto has used red and cream floor tiles, ash wood carpentry and marble table tops to create a relaxed interior for an organic bakery, coffee shop and wine bar in Helsinki. More
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Studio Joanna Laajisto transforms Helsinki bread factory into Bob the Robot's office
Studio Joanna Laajisto has created an office for a Finnish advertising agency inside a bread factory with six-metre-high ceilings, in Helsinki. More
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Muji designs "friendly" autonomous shuttle bus for Finland
Japanese brand Muji has revealed designs for an autonomous shuttle bus built for all weather conditions, set to hit the roads in three Finnish cities by 2020. More
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Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects plans cluster of triangular smart skyscrapers for Helsinki
Triangle-shaped towers fitted with smart technology form the centre of Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects competition-winning masterplan for Helsinki. More
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Coloured curtains stand out against white walls in Artek's Helsinki headquarters
SevilPeach has designed the headquarters for Finnish furniture brand Artek, with vivid theatre-style curtains and pale surfaces serving as a backdrop for its collection of minimalist tables and chairs. More
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Studio Puisto creates "neighbourhood sauna" in former industrial building
Studio Puisto has designed a sauna complex in Tampere, Finland, to serve as a "communal living room" for the surrounding district. More
