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Harlem-born artist Tschabalala Self’s colourful ode to the landscape of her childhoodTschabalala Self’s new show at Finland's Espoo Museum of Modern Art evokes memories of her upbringing, in vibrant multi-dimensional vignettes
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Skateboarding in swimming pools: the case of Alvar Aalto’s Villa MaireaA family of shows at Aalto2 Museum Centre explores skateboarding in swimming pools through the case study of Alvar Aalto’s Villa Mairea in Finland
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Alvar Aalto's House of Culture in Helsinki is a modernist gem rebornModernist icon House of Culture by Alvar Aalto has been restored and brought to the 21st century by Finnish architecture studio JKMM and Design Agency Fyra for ASM Global Finland
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A new era for Iittala: inside the Finnish company's rebrandIittala hails a new era, led by creative director Janni Vepsäläinen, and marked by a new logo and collections that pay homage to Aino and Alvar Aalto's heritage
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Helsinki’s Hotel Maria is marked by history and opulenceThe Hotel Maria sets out to redefine the Nordic hospitality landscape with luxurious interiors, in-room saunas and a sumptuous spa
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Retreat to this Finnish forest spa and its sauna on stiltsPanorama Landscape is a new hilltop hotel in eastern Finland sporting a sauna on stilts and pared-back cabins
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Finnair marks a century of connecting horizonsFinnair celebrates its 100th anniversary with global festivities
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The rich, creative life of Moomins creator Tove JanssonFinnish artist and Moomins creator Tove Jansson was free, independent and nonconformist, as a new Paris exhibition delving into her life and work reveals
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Tom of Finland Art and Culture Festival continues its world tourThe festival popped up in London last week ahead of its LA event later in the year
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Help save the Church of The Three Crosses by Alvar Aalto in Imatra, FinlandThe Church of The Three Crosses in Imatra, one of master modernist Alvar Aalto's works, is in danger; Tiina Laakkonen has set up a fundraiser to help save it
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Welcome to Chappe: Finland's 'pocket sized' house of artChappe, a new art house in southern Finland designed by JKMM, punches above its weight
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Daniel Steegmann Mangrané saturates Kiasma in scent, light and uncanny geometryDaniel Steegmann Mangrané’s survey exhibition ‘A Leaf Shapes the Eye’ turns the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Finland into an immersive multisensory environment, and confronts pertinent issues about our place on earth
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Club culture and winter swimming: what to do in HelsinkiWhat to do in Helsinki – public saunas, an artful hotel and classic Finnish cuisine are all on our Helsinki tour, courtesy of Wallpaper* contributing editor Emma O'Kelly
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Finnish Design Shop in Turku draws on the surrounding forest for its organic designDiscover the natural aesthetic of the Finnish Design Shop
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Timber tower: Finland's first wooden high-rise wins the Wood PrizeAn energy-efficient trio of multi-storey timber-frame flats in the Jyväskylä suburb of Kuokkala have won this year's Wood Prize, awarded by Finland's Wood Information Centre.
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High rise: a chapel in a Helsinki suburb is a vaulting success -
Tour Yrjö Kukkapuro’s studio – a temple to the art of sitting downJoin us on a studio visit of Finnish interior architect and furniture designer Yrjö Kukkapuro
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Helsinki Design Week 2013: the highlights -
Back to the future: Helsinki City Museum’s impressive new home -
Major renovation: Helsinki Art Museum reopens with blockbuster Ai Weiwei showThe Helsinki Art Museum has reopened after a major renovation with a blockbuster show from Chinese artist Ai Weiwei
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Take a virtual reality tour of Alvar Aalto's Helsinki studioHelsinki is betting big on its tech design scene as it looks ahead to a post-COVID world
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Laura Seppänen creates a thoughtful design for Helsinki's newest restaurant -
Optimise your living space with this modular Finnish cabin designA collaboration between architecture studio Puisto and design companies Made By Choice and Protos Demos, Space of Mind is a contemporary modular Finnish cabin providing a much needed opportunity to pause, think and make the most of our home experience
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Nordic architecture explored in Share, a book about contemporary buildingDiscussions about Nordic architecture and contemporary practice meet in a new book by Artifice, Share: Conversations about Contemporary Architecture – The Nordic Countries
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Wave House by Seppo Mäntylä is a Finnish log house with a twist -
Avanto Architects designs a set of ‘matchbox’ houses in FinlandThis small complex in Finland's Espoo comprises two detatched private residences arranged like ‘overlapping matchboxes', explains its creator, Avanto Architects
