During the summer season the Museum of Finnish Architecture organizes a great number of events for everyone interested in architecture! Museum’s information point at the Design Capital Pavilion provides its services during the first two weeks in July from Tuesday to Friday. You can ask any questions related to architecture, in Helsinki or the Metropolitan [...]

Helsinki claims the number 1 spot in Monocle’s 2011 Quality of Life survey, which ranks the top 25 cities in the world to call home. Rising from fifth position in 2010, Helsinki outperformed Zürich at number 2 and Copenhagen at number 3 to claim the mantle as the world’s most liveable city. An unorthodox but [...]

CNN´s quadripartite Future Cities Series is a great advertisement for the city.

Now you have a chance to see how beauty, functionality and durability are tied to each other in the exhibition. The state has been involved in an active and wide-ranging manner in building and development. It has significantly steered the evolution of the urban fabric and Finnish society. The beginning of state building activities can [...]

A modern, 16-storey residential and commercial building is being planned in the middle of the Merikortteli block in Punavuori, in the inner courtyard of the former industrial building.