Jewish history museum in Warsaw wins first Finlandia Prize for Architecture
News: the first Finlandia Prize for Architecture has been awarded to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews, by Helsinki firm Lahdelma & Mahlamäki Architects. More
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MX_SI's addition to the Serlachius Museum Gösta has a stripy facade based on an "abstract forest"
Spanish studio MX_SI added vertical wooden mullions to the exterior of this museum extension in Mänttä, Finland, to evoke the trunks of trees in the surrounding park (+ slideshow). More
ALA's Kuopio City Theatre extension features a crinkled facade
Crinkled fibre-cement panels clad the facade of this theatre extension by Finnish studio ALA Architects in the city of Kuopio, complementing the concrete exterior of the original 1960s building (+ slideshow). More
COBE and Lunden win competition to design new transport hub for Finland's second city
News: a team comprising Danish architects COBE and Finnish firm Lundén Architecture has won a competition to design a new transport centre for Tampere, Finland's second-largest city. More
Vitra Design Museum hosts Alvar Aalto retrospective
The Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein is hosting a major retrospective exhibition of work by late Finnish Modernist architect and designer Alvar Aalto, a year after Vitra's acquisition of Aalto's furniture company Artek (+ slideshow). More
Controversial Helsinki Guggenheim competition attracts record number of entrants
News: a competition to design a new Guggenheim Museum building in the Finnish capital has attracted more than 1,700 entries – more than any competition of its kind – but opponents to the scheme have launched a rival ideas contest. More
Helsinki Design Museum exhibition celebrates "Finland's second designer"
The Design Museum in Helsinki is hosting a retrospective of work by Ilmari Tapiovaara to raise the profile of the Finnish Modernist furniture and interior designer out from Alvar Aalto's shadow (+ slideshow). More
Tatzu Nishi builds Hotel Manta around a nude sculpture
Couples staying at a temporary hotel suite in Helsinki partake in a ménage à trois with a historic statue that's positioned in the middle of the bed. More
House Riihi by OOPEAA shelters a courtyard from wintery gusts
Buildings that make up this house in Finland by architects OOPEAA Office for Peripheral Architecture are arranged to protect a courtyard from the cold northerly winds blowing down the valley (+ slideshow). More
Wooden huts demonstrate regional building techniques at the Finnish Pavilion
Venice Architecture Biennale 2014: architect Anssi Lassila has installed two huts outside the Finnish Pavilion at the Venice biennale – the first was built from spruce by a Finnish carpenter while the second was put together from bamboo by a team in China. More
Villa Kettukallio by Playa Architects provides a woodland holiday home
A clay-based black paint forms a protective layer across the facade of this woodland cabin in Finland, designed by Playa Architects as the second home for a Finnish family living abroad (+ slideshow). More
Timber-clad House M-M by Tuomas Siitonen wraps around a sheltered garden
This wooden home in Helsinki by Finnish architect Tuomas Siitonen has a roof that dips in the middle to allow views across it and a kinked plan that wraps around a secluded garden (+ slideshow). More
"Finnish design can no longer afford to be complacent"
Opinion: in his first Opinion column for Dezeen, Dan Hill reflects on the recent sale of Finland's two most iconic design brands - Artek and Nokia - and suggests what the country's design industry should do next. More
ALA Architects wins Helsinki library competition
News: Finnish studio ALA Architects has won the international competition to design a new public library in Helsinki with plans that involve a mass of twisted timber (+ slideshow). More
Boost for Finnish tourism as visitors head to World Design Capital Helsinki
Dezeen Wire: Finland is attracting tourists at an unprecedented rate, boosted by Helsinki's current status as the World Design Capital, in sharp contrast to the unexpected drop in visitor numbers London has experienced during its Olympic summer. More
The World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 Pavilion by Aalto University Wood Studio students
Tapered tree-like columns support a triangulated wooden canopy at this summer pavilion in Helsinki designed by Aalto University student Pyry-Pekka Kantonen (photos by Tiia Ettala). More
Playhouse by Bach Arquitectes
This children’s playhouse by Barcelona architects Anna and Eugeni Bach has stripy wooden walls, folding window hatches and a ladder instead of stairs. More
Denizen Sauna by Denizen Works + Friends
In the freezing winter months this wooden sauna on a Finnish island can be towed like a sledge over a frozen lake to find the right spot for a plunge pool. More
Guggenheim Museum is viable for Helsinki
The results of a study carried out by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation on behalf of the City of Helsinki has revealed that it would be feasible to construct a new Guggenheim Museum in Finland. More
Koutalaki Ski Village by BIG
Danish architects BIG seem to have a thing for skiing on rooftops and have designed some more buildings that double up as ski slopes, this time for a resort in Lapland. More