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
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
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
Studio Joanna Laajisto has created an office for a Finnish advertising agency inside a bread factory with six-metre-high ceilings, in Helsinki. More
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
Triangle-shaped towers fitted with smart technology form the centre of Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects competition-winning masterplan for Helsinki. More
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
Studio Puisto has designed a sauna complex in Tampere, Finland, to serve as a "communal living room" for the surrounding district. More
Helsinki's new art museum Amos Rex proves that importing an international brand, like the Guggenheim, isn't the only way to create a blockbuster tourist attraction, argues Dezeen deputy editor Tom Ravenscroft. More
Finnish designer Laura Seppänen applied earthy tones throughout this restaurant in Helsinki to reflect the menu's focus on locally sourced ingredients. More
This wooden chicken coop, installed in the grounds of summer house in rural Finland, is styled like a miniature log cabin perched above the ground on granite rocks. More
Japanese art collective TeamLab has created a site-specific digital installation of water moving towards a vortex, on the inside of a domed roof in the new Amos Rex museum in Helsinki. More
JKMM Architects designed a series of domed subterranean galleries for the soon-to-open Amos Rex museum in Helsinki, which bubble up through the ground to create a playful outdoor landscape. More
Finnish designer Robin Falck has created an A-frame mirrored holiday home on Vallisaari, an island near Helsinki. More
Architecture studio OOPEAA plans to introduce waterborne swimming pools to coastal and riverside cities around the world, with the first set to be built in Oulu, Finland. More
Stockholm-based Note Design Studio has renovated a 1950s restaurant in Helsinki, combining soft pink tones with a teak-lined scheme that honours the building's modernist design. More
This house near Helsinki perches on a rocky bluff looking out towards the Baltic Sea and features a cranked form that shelters a decked terrace from the harsh wind. More
Alt Arkkitehdit has completed a bright red storage shed for oil-spill equipment in northern Finland, featuring a full-width clerestory window that projects from the facade to protect it from damage by forklift trucks. More
This angular house in a forest near Helsinki is host to a number a child-friendly features including a climbing wall, gymnastic apparatus and a net covering a cut-out in one of the floors. More
Finnish architecture firm Casagrande Laboratory designed this self-sufficient prefab house to fit on the footprint of a single car-parking space. More
