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 Office Buildings in Finland

This book aspires to create a wide perspective on the various trends in current Finnish office architecture from the classic and traditional brick buildings to imaginative glazed towers and glass facades of today. The book presents 14 contemporary Finnish office buildings – a selection of the very best of Finnish office architecture from the present century. The buildings in this book have about how to design the Finnish been selected by Reijo Jallinoja, way. The examples in the professor of architecture. The book show that Finnish office nature of the book is markedly architecture can represent both “professional”. In a way it is cutting-edge high-technology a handbook of office building and humane and caring design in which the buildings architecture. are presented over several pages with their floor plans 2007, 167 pp. and technical details giving € 42,60 (VAT excluded) the reader a thorough idea of € 46 (VAT included) each building and the planning ISBN 978-951-682-808-7 background, as well as learning

 Wood Architecture in Finland photographed by Jussi Tiainen

This book presents Finnish wooden architecture from recent years, superbly photographed by Jussi Tiainen. The book features ten intriguing wooden buildings, each an essential part of our everyday life: offices, houses, schools and training centres, leisure centres and churches. The buildings are of different sizes, designed in different office building. This diverse styles and built with different selection of buildings has one methods – from the small and common feature – they are all intimate St. Henry’s Ecumenical built with the most sustainable Art Chapel, with its fish-like and ecological of building form, and the Kärsämäki Church, materials: wood. a modern building built using traditional 18th century building 2007, 128 pp methods, to the Finnforest € 41,60 (VAT excluded) Modular Office, a prefabricated € 45 (VAT included) and modular frame building as ISBN 978-951-682-847-6 well as Europe’s tallest wooden

 Alvar Aalto Summer Homes Erkki Helamaa and Jari Jetsonen This book presents small, intimate and personal summer houses and saunas designed by Aalto – early works as well as later ones that have been published only rarely. Included are two summer homes that Aalto designed and built for himself: Flora (designed together with Aino Aalto), from Aalto’s early production, and the world-famous Experimental House in Muuratsalo. The summer homes featured in the 2007, 128 pp € book were designed by Aalto 41,60 (VAT excluded) € 45 (VAT included) for his relatives, close friends ISBN 978-951-682-857-5 or clients for whom he already designed larger commissions. Villa Vekara, the Korpikoto Hunting Lodge, Villa Kihlman, the Enso-Gutzeit Country Club and Sauna, Villa Eino Manner and Villa Oksala were all individually designed and took into account the wishes of the client.  Finnish Sauna

Design and Construction

This book contains information and instructions for the design of a good Finnish sauna, with sections on sauna rooms, components, seating platforms and furnishings, and the planning of the related heating, ventilation and electrical installations, as well as the properties of sauna stoves and knowledge over generations and their selection. There is also a which in recent times has been chapter concerning the historical continuously updated through development of the sauna, as the committee work of top well as a chapter presenting professionals. The book provides instructions for building a the basis for a successful sauna traditional smoke sauna. project. The information contained in this book has been collected 6th, revised edition 2007, 117 pp from the Building Information € 24 (VAT excluded) € Files for architects and builders 26 (VAT included) ISBN 978-951-682-856-8 and represents the best know- how available in Finland. All the facts and principles are based on a long tradition of practical

 Wooden Urban Villages

Examples of Modern Wooden Towns

This book tells the success story of Finnish wood construction and throws new light on the direction of housing construction in Finland today, where more than a decade of development and construction of modern wooden towns and compact, low-rise housing has created a wealth of knowledge and a diverse variety of pioneering and resident-oriented wooden Finnish expertise in wood residential milieux. construction and highlight the Modern wooden town myriad possibilities of building in construction is investigated from wood. Finnish and English texts. three key perspectives: past and present studies, experiences 2007, 168 pp. and newly completed building € 31,50 (VAT excluded) projects. The book’s expert € 34,00 (VAT included) commentary and presentations ISBN 978-951-682-844-5 of completed wooden housing areas showcase the best of

 and Saunas Zumthor in Finland Spirit of Nature Wood Harri Hautajärvi Architecture Award 2006 This book presents summer villas and saunas in Finland, “There is a special feel to from the marine archipelago living in a room of solid joined via lake district to the fells beams, a room not simply clad of the north – a total of 44 in wood but made of wood individually-designed buildings through and through”, says that represent the best of Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, recent Finnish summer home the fourth recipient of the and sauna architecture. Harri international Spirit of Nature Hautajärvi, editor in chief of the Wood Architecture Award. He 2nd edition 2007, 80 pp explains in his interesting article Finnish Architectural Review, € 40,70 (VAT excluded) has selected the sites. Each site 2006, 232 pp. “The Body of Wood” his ideas € 44 (VAT included) € 40,70 (VAT excluded) of designing and constructing ISBN 978-951-682-807-0 is presented in detail through € 44 (VAT included) traditional log cabins. This book photographs and texts by the ISBN 951-682-780-2 architects themselves. In his presents three projects by him: two articles Harri Hautajärvi RIBA Book Award Haus Luzi, realized in 2002, and long list nominee 2007 tells about the history and Haus Annalisa and Pension Briol present trends of Finnish villa which are still plans. These are and sauna architecture and life. featured with beautiful water He also reviews the challenges colour sketches and models and of sustainable development to plans, which give a good idea of holiday-home buildings of the the designing process. future.

 Alvar Aalto Houses Alvar Aalto Apartments

Photographs Jari Jetsonen Photographs Jari Jetsonen Text Markku Text Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen Article Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen Forewords Peter Reed Foreword Hiroshi Naito Article Markku Lahti The book presents eight The book presents ten single-family houses by Aalto apartment blocks and two from 1920s to the end of the student dormitories by Aalto 1960s, built in Finland, Estonia built in Finland, Sweden, and France. Among them Germany, Switzerland and the are Villa Tammekann in , United States, from the 1920s Estonia, The Aalto House in to the end of the 1960s. Among , Finland, in them are Standard terrace Noormarkku, Finland, Maison housing in Kauttua, Finland, Louis Carré in Bazoches-sur- Baker House, Massachusetts Guyonne, France and Villa Schildt 2005, 160 pp Institute of Technology in 2004, 160 pp € 46,30 (VAT excluded) € 46,30 (VAT excluded) in Tammisaari, Finland. Markku € 50 (VAT included) Cambridge, USA, National € 50 (VAT included) Lahti, director of the Alvar Aalto ISBN 951-682-775-6 Pensions Institute employee ISBN 951-682-732-2 Foundation, tells in a fascinating housing in Helsinki, Finland, way about the history of the Neue Vahr apartment building selected houses, whom they in , Germany and were built for, and how Aalto Schönbühl apartment building adapted his own design ideals in Lucerne, Switzerland. Alvar to the needs of his clients. Aalto Apartments contains not Jari Jetsonen’s fine full-colour only a pictorial record of Aalto’s pictures and Aalto’s original collective housing but also an drawings beautifully convey the extensive discussion of Aalto’s special features of each house. ideals about dwelling.

 Archipelago Small Houses in Finland Essays on Architecture Esa Piironen (ed.) Edited by Peter MacKeith The book presents a selection Twenty-three essays and poems of the best single-family from a range of architects, houses in Finland from the last curators, academics, historians, twenty-five years. Each of the philosophers and students, from 29 houses presented shows a friends near and far, represent different approach to the design the breadth and diversity of of a small house, from the site Juhani Pallasmaa’s friendships placement to the plan layout, and his presence in the dynamic facades, massing, and use of of architectural culture. However, 2006, 232 pp € 38,90 (VAT excluded) materials, all the way to the a parallel intention of Archipelago € 42 (VAT included) handling of the construction 2nd edition 2007, 128 pp is to open further doors and ISBN 951-682-806-X details. All the houses were € 40,70 (VAT excluded) windows into architecture’s individually designed for single € 44 (VAT included) past, present and future. Each families, and are situated in ISBN 978-951-682-751-6 of the essays can be read as different environments, from the singular efforts in research or countryside to the city and from meditation. Archipelago is a gift Essays by the seashore inland. The houses given twice over: once to an Marlon Blackwell • Kenneth Frampton in this book have been selected • • Karsten Harries inspiring Finnish architect and • John Hejduk • Mikko Heikkinen • by architect Esa Piironen, who scholar Juhani Pallasmaa for his Dan Hoffman • Steven Holl • Markku himself has designed a number 70th birthday, and a second time Komonen • Esa Laaksonen • Daniel Libeskind • Robert McCarter • Alberto of small houses. Characteristic to the ongoing discussions of Pérez-Gómez • Nina Stritzler-Levine • of his approach has been a architecture. Philip Tidwell • Billie Tsien • Leslie Van Duzer • Ben Weese • Cynthia Weese • commitment to environmentally Tod Williams • Colin St. John Wilson • friendly and humane Peter Zumthor architecture. 10 The Architecture of Encounters Image Architectural Essays

EXISTENTIAL SPACE IN CINEMA Juhani Pallasmaa Edited by Peter MacKeith Juhani Pallasmaa Architect Juhani Pallasmaa´s This book explores the shared Encounters binds together a experiential ground of cinema, highly selective collection of art and architecture. Pallasmaa essays, lectures, and articles carefully examines how in an edited, thematically the classic directors Alfred comprehensive format. Several Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, essays, previously given as Michelangelo Antonioni lectures, are published here and Andrei Tarkovsky use for the first time. Important architectural imagery in creating essays, with previously limited emotional states in their films. 2nd edition 2007, 183 pp availability –”The Geometry 2005, 384 pp € 53 (VAT excluded) The author also explores the 402 illustrations € 57 (VAT included) of Feeling,” and “Hapticity € 45,40 (VAT excluded) startling similarities between the ISBN 978-951-682-628-1 and Time,” for example – are € 49 (VAT included) landscapes of painting and the included, as are lesser known ISBN 951-682-629-6 landscapes of film. Pallasmaa articles addressing specific RIBA Book Award suggests that the architectural architectural works, the figures short list nominee 2006 imagery of poets, painters and of Aulis Blomstedt and Alvar film directors could re-sensitise Aalto, and the consequences architects to the inherent poetics of a contemporary culture of architecture. obsessed with materialism and consumption. An equally careful selection of images accompanies the essays.

11 40/40 Young Architects from Finland

Compiled by Roger Connah We invited 40 young and promising architects to send us material: photographs and drawings of both built and unbuilt projects, such as office buildings, hotels, libraries, housing, summer houses, commercial buildings, and interior design. There were Play Architecture also competition winning 2nd edition 2003, 240 pp proposals, student projects, € 37 (VAT excluded) I. Laitinen, M. Metsähonkala, € M. Veijovuori, J. Viherkoski essays, and so on. This rich 40 (VAT included) ISBN 951-682-646-6 Play Architecture game cards and varied material makes up Rights sold to China contain the top names of 20th a totality which vividly shows century architecture from the direction of contemporary celebrated designers to world- Finnish architecture into the famous projects. Pre-, future. The architects in the Modernism, Post-Modernism book are designing for today and and De-Structuralism are the tomorrow. four strong suits included in the pack. The aces are in a class of their own, not to speak of the two surprise jokers! All the cards feature a stylish picture and text in € 10,80 (VAT excluded) English. € 13,20 (VAT 22 % included)

12 The Unmade Bed of Sacral Space – Modern Hannu Siren Contemporary Finnish Architecture Finnish Churches Relations Architecture Matti K. Mäkinen, Malcolm Quantrill Jari Jetsonen, Sirkkaliisa Jetsonen Hannu Siren photographed by Jussi Tiainen Two distinguished teachers This book presents 12 churches This book presents a prestigious and writers Professor Malcolm and chapels from 1940s to 1990s, Finnish sculptor Hannu Siren’s The book presents 27 examples Quantrill, Director of the CASA each one of which represents work from the year 1980 to the of the very best of Finnish at Texas A+M University and his modern Finnish church architecture present day, from Kemi to Espoo architecture from recent years Finnish colleague Professor Matti at its best. Jari Jetsonen’s and Helsinki – in total over 50 – works by well-known practices K. Mäkinen, former Director photographs, architect Sirkkaliisa works. By Finnish standards, Siren such as Heikkinen-Komonen, Sarc, General of the National Board of Jetsonen’s texts and professor has made many public works. He Pekka Salminen, Ark-House and Public Buildings share reflections Fred Thompson’s accompanying has also brought his art to the Gullichsen-Vormala. Big impressive on architecture and culture, in article bring out the uniqueness people, close to their everyday sites take turns with small and conversations, correspondence and history of each church building environment. Finnish, English and intimate buildings. The Finnish and related provocations. and also tell something essential Swedish texts. embassies and other sites abroad complement the image of Finnish 2004, 192 pp about the nature of Finnish sacral 2003, 160 pp € 31,50 (VAT excluded) architecture. € 44,50 (VAT excluded) architecture. English, French and € 34 (VAT included) € 48 (VAT included) German texts. ISBN 951-682-761-6 2003, 144 pp ISBN 951-682-718-7 € 44,50 (VAT excluded) 2002, 144 pp € 48 (VAT included) € 38,90 (VAT excluded) ISBN 951-682-731-4 € 42 (VAT included) ISBN 951-682-699-7

13 Arkki Books

Alvar Aalto – Ex Intimo Aaltomania Research and Practice Sa(l)vaged Modernism Louna Lahti Roger Connah in Architecture Roger Connah Interviews with recognisable Why is there a feeling that more Esa Laaksonen, Tom Simons, Anni The book considers the characters and contemporaries truths will only damage the current Vartola (eds) importance of the 1990s in the Aalto office and ‘court’ are picture given of Aalto’s incredible Six internationally renowned decade to Finnish Architecture. mixed with stories from the family and astonishing contribution to experts, professors of architecture Significant for new buildings like plus many others, some close to architecture in the 20th century? – Stanford Anderson, Peter The Washington Embassy, The Aalto, others on the fringe of the Contrary to the scholastic tradition Carolin, Carsten Juel-Christiansen, Museum of Contemporary Art ‘master’. Read across each other, of ‘closure’, Aaltomania seeks Joseph Rykwert, Patrik and the recognition of the work these interviews begin to weave simply to explore, in all the taboos Schumacher and Dietmar Steiner of Juha Leiviskä, the author also new patterns and ask us once and hagiography on this legendary discuss the study of architecture goes on to assess the state of the again to look at the contribution of architect. and its relationship to practical architectural institutions, theory Alvar Aalto to . 2000, 144 pp work. The forum for this discussion and criticism. € 2001, 192 pp. 23,20 (VAT excluded) was the seminar held in 2000 by 2000, 192 pp € € 22,20 (VAT excluded) 25 (VAT included) the Alvar Aalto Academy and the € 23,20 (VAT excluded) € ISBN 951-682-613-X € 24 (VAT included) Helsinki University of Technology. 25 (VAT included) ISBN 951-682-619-9 ISBN 951-682-596-6 2001, 124 pp € 22,20 (VAT excluded) € 24 (VAT included) ISBN 951-682-649-0

14 Little Big Houses Matter and Mind in Architecture Grace and Architecture WORKING WITH ARCHITECTURAL SPIRIT OF NATURE WOOD Roger Connah MODELS The theme of this book, based on ARCHITECTURE AWARD 2000 Through a constructive way Jari Jetsonen (ed.) the 7th Alvar Aalto Symposium, This book evidences the essential of looking at the timing of This book guides us through the might be construed as being works of Renzo Piano, particularly architecture, the author explores fascinating material and miniature introspective in our present how he uses wood in architecture the myths of a critical history. world of architectural scale world which is characterised during the last two decades. The These ideas are made more models. The over 150 projects by increasingly worsening book only contains built projects, concrete and specific by focussing featured in the book are great environmental problems, the latest of which is the Tjibaou the enquiry on a forgotten building architecture in miniature. The population overgrowth, the Cultural Centre in New Caledonia, outside Helsinki, Espoonlahti carefully crafted scale models of decrease of material resources, a highly-publicized and distinctive Church (1980), by the architects these landmark works of both growing unemployment and so on. wooden building. The eight Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen. Finnish and inter-national 20th 2000, 148 pp € projects featured in the book are 1998, 96 pp century architecture tell not only 37 (VAT excluded) € 40 (VAT included) from differing decades and from all € 18,50 (VAT excluded) of the importance of the schemes € 20 (VAT included) ISBN 951-682-607-5 over the globe. ISBN 951-682-502-8 but also of the rich tradition of 2000, 88 pp craftsmanship. € 27,80 (VAT excluded) 2001, 176 pp € 30 (VAT included) € 35,20 (VAT excluded) ISBN 951-682-606-7 € 38 (VAT included) ISBN 951-682-645-8 Rights sold to China

15 Sport Facilities in The Story of Finnish Colour World Use of Steel in Housing Finland 1980–2000 Housing Architecture Seppo Rihlama Renovation Kari Kuosma (ed.) Olli Lehtovuori Colour World is a comprehensive Esko Miettinen, Harri Ripatti, This book shows the rich This book offers an overview of textbook presenting both colour Risto Saarni diversity in Finnish sport facility Finnish living and housing culture theories and their practical This book has been written by construction and its high quality. as well as the factors that have applications. Colour psychology a Finnish architect with indepth The book includes conversions influenced living conditions. The and symbolism are also discussed, knowledge of environmental and structurally repaired facilities book consists of six independent together with the effect of style issues, as well as two engineering from major complexes to minor illustrated stories. The first five and fashion on colour choices. experts representing different grandstand constructions, from take the story chronologically 1999, 166 pp fields of technology. The result national monuments to sports € 42,10 (VAT excluded) is their statement on how the from the origins of dwelling to € 45,50 (VAT included) environment should be treated halls intended only to meet the present day housing architecture. ISBN 951-682-561-3 needs of local people. What they In Finnish and English. with delicacy in connection with all have in common is the high 1999, 192 pp housing renovation. level of design and unstinting € 38,90 (VAT excluded) 1998, 133 pp € 42 (VAT included) € 29,60 (VAT excluded) implementation. ISBN 951-682-556-7 € 32 (VAT included) 2000, 183 pp ISBN 951-682-483-8 € 33,30 (VAT excluded) € 36 (VAT included) ISBN 951-682-599-0

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