Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, "a master builder", from αρχι- "chief, leader" and τεκτων, "builder, carpenter") is the art and science of designing buildings and structures.
A wider definition would include within its scope the design of the total built environment, from the macrolevel of town planning, urban design, and landscape architecture to the microlevel of creating furniture. Architectural design usually must address both feasibility and cost for the builder, as well as function and aesthetics for the user.
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A Century of Finnish Architecture - Illustrated article for Virtual Finland by Marja-Riitta Norri, Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture.
Arkkitehtistudio EMP Oy - Practice of the architect Esko Puijola. Includes information about the enlargement of Oulu city centre, on the layout of an attraction in the Salla hills and of the development of Caritas village community.
Meta Description: [ The enlargement of Oulu City centre - Oulun keskustan laajennussuunnitelmia, kuvanveistoa ]
Finnish Architecture in the 1990s - A selection of pictures of the best in Finnish new architecture.
Finnish Pumpkin - Photographs and brief histories of Finnish buildings from medieval to modern, including churches, manor houses and castles.
Meta Description: [ Photographs of Finnish historical architecture and landscape ]
Functionalism and the City of Viipuri - A study of modernist architecture in the former Finnish city of Viipuri, including Viipuri Municipal Library by Alvar Aalto.
Meta Description: [ A study of pre-war modernist architecture in the Finnish city of Viipuri. ]
Helsinki University of Technology Department of Architecture - Information about the school's history, courses and the Finnish tradition of teaching architecture.
Helsinki's Senate Square - Notable Neo-Classical ensemble designed by Carl Ludvig Engel (1778-1840) for the new capital chosen in 1812. Expandable photographs, 360-degree panorama and history written for Virtual Finland by Frank Hellstén.
Medieval Castles in Finland - Beautiful photographs from Virtual Finland, with readable history by Dr. Carl Jacob Gardberg, State archaeologist.
Mikko Heikkinen and Markku Komonen - Biography and a presentation of the work of these two leading Finnish architects by Marja-Riitta Norri, director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, for Virtual Finland.
Olavinlinna Castle, Savonlinna, Finland - St. Olaf's Castle was founded in 1475 by Erik Axelsson Tott. Official site of the National Board of Antiquities has beautiful photographs, brief history and visitor information.
Pekka Helin and Tuomo Siitonen - Marja-Riitta Norri, Director of the Museum of Finnish Architecture, writes about the works of these two leading Finnish architects.
Petäjävesi Old Church - Frank Hellstén describes this World Heritage example of 18th-century Finnish wood architecture for Virtual Finland. Includes's Kari Palsila's 360-degree panorama photographs.
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Sederholm House - The 1757 stone-built house of merchant Johan Sederholm is home to a Helsinki City Museum exhibition, which provides this imaginative web-site using quotations from Sederholm's autobiography as glimpses of 18th-century Helsinki.
World Heritage in Finland - An illustrated description from The National Board of Antiquities Finland of Suomenlinna Fortress, Old Rauma Petäjävesi Old Church and Verla Groundwood and Board Mill.
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