In this week's comments update, readers are discussing a housing project with a snaking form called Meander, completed by US studio Steven Holl Architects in Helsinki, Finland. More about "Holl showing again his mastery of residential housing" says commenter
Finnish Design Shop has unveiled a collection of open-ended wooden toys during Helsinki Design Week, created in collaboration with different Nordic designers to mark the retailer's 20th anniversary. More about Pelata wooden toys are "slayers of awkward silences"
US studio Steven Holl Architects has completed Meander, a housing project in Helsinki, Finland, with a snaking form that frames gardens and maximises outward views. More about Steven Holl winds Meander housing around gardens in Helsinki
Independent local designers are opening up their studios during Helsinki Design Week to demystify their creative processes, explains festival programme director Anni Korkman in this interview. More about "Lots of design festivals only present the end result" says Helsinki Design Week's Anni Korkman
Finnish design studio Yatofu collaborated with young and local craftspeople to create El Fant Café and Bar in Helsinki, Finland. More about El Fant Café and Bar celebrates both traditional and contemporary Finnish design
Acts of mending and maintenance are the subject of the Fix: Care and Repair exhibition in Helsinki, Finland. Here, its curators share five works that shed light on a rarely celebrated topic. More about Five objects that tell stories of "care and repair" from Helsinki exhibition curators
Finnish studio AOR Architects has completed the Monio School and Cultural Centre in Hyrylä, using over 5,000 industrial timber logs to create a structure that references the area's traditional wooden villas. More about AOR Architects creates Finnish school from timber logs
Swirling metal lamps, stools made from old kitchen cabinets and a fur-covered desk were among objects on show at House of Nordic Design's exhibition during 3 Days of Design in Copenhagen. More about NoDe exhibition presents 28 emerging designers from the Nordics
Finnish studio MNY Arkitekter has completed Two Sisters, a timber holiday home in Salo that is designed to allow two siblings to live "together separately". More about MNY Arkitekter completes "down-to-earth" house for two sisters in Finland
Promotion: long-running Finnish design fair Habitare will take place in Helsinki in September along with its returning trade platform Habitare Pro. More about Habitare to encourage "creative meetings" as Finland seeks to become global design destination
Helsinki-based designer Joanna Laajisto has completed Popolo, a ski resort restaurant designed to be both cosy and practical for guests walking in from the slopes. More about Joanna Laajisto creates "dark and woody" interior for Pyhä Ski Resort pizzeria
Helsinki-based JKMM Architects used glulam and black spruce cladding to relate the Chappe Art House to surrounding timber structures in the coastal town of Tammisaari, Finland. More about JKMM Architects adds timber art hall to Tammisaari old town
Chunky misshapen stools and a lampshade made of wood shavings feature in this hand-carved timber furniture collection by emerging designer Didi Ng Wing Yin, which is on display at Helsinki Design Week. More about Didi Ng Wing Yin presents "down to earth" timber furniture at Helsinki Design Week
Wood will be the primary material used to construct this building for the city administration of Espoo, Finland, which is being designed by studios Cobe and Lundén Architecture Company. More about Espoo House celebrates Finland's tradition of wooden construction
A Finnish huussi, or composting toilet, has been built in the centre of the country's pavilion at this year's Venice Architecture Biennale, which aims at critically exploring the world's unsustainable approach to sanitation. More about Finnish Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale "declares the death of the flushing toilet"
Visitors to the Gösta Serlachius Museum of Contemporary Art in Mänttä, Finland, can relax in this lakeside sauna and lounge complex designed by Mendoza Partida and BAX Studio. More about Nature-informed cylindrical Art Sauna opens at Finnish museum
Studios White Arkitekter and K2S Architects are set to turn an underutilised area alongside Helsinki harbour into a cultural precinct incorporating several historic buildings. More about White Arkitekter and K2S Architects set to revitalise Helsinki's Makasiiniranta waterfront
Avanto Architects and Joanna Laajisto have designed a logistics centre for retailer Finnish Design Shop that features warm timber, a foraged-food restaurant for staff and visitors, and views of the surrounding forest. More about Finnish Design Shop creates forest-set logistics centre to enable "a more sustainable future"
A vivid orange Helsinki subway seat and an iconic timber sauna stool are among the pieces in this exhibition of work by design duo and couple Antti and Vuokko Nurmesniemi. More about Antti and Vuokko Nurmesniemi's "common design philosophy" showcased at Helsinki Design Museum retrospective
Black-painted timber forms shelter large terraces overlooking the landscape at the Pistohiekka Resort, which Helsinki-based Studio Puisto has created on the edge of Lake Saimaa in Finland. More about Studio Puisto creates lakeside sauna and restaurant in Finland