When “Freespace” was chosen as the the theme of this year’s Architecture Biennale, commissioner Hanna Harris, director of ArchInfo Finland, saw an opportunity. She had already been contemplating the ...

JKMM Architects’ Kirkkonummi Library adapts an existing building with a copper-clad facade, creating a new community center for the town of 40,000. Located approximately 20 miles west of Helsinki, ...

Helsinki: What do you give the world's most literate country for its 100th birthday? For Finland's politicians and public, the answer was simple: a vast, state-of-the-art library, a new "living room ...

The new Helsinki Central Library Oodi - Finland's largest and arguably most lavish - opened its doors to the public on Wednesday. Although it's technically a library, it goes far beyond merely a place ...

HELSINKI (AFP) - What do you give the world's most literate country for its 100th birthday? For Finland's politicians and public, the answer was simple: a vast, state-of-the-art library, a new "living ...

Copy of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Refugees was due to be returned to Helsinki’s central library month after USSR invaded Finland A book borrowed from a Helsinki library has been returned – 84 years overdue ...

Imagine having two dresses to iron and some family photos to print. For many, it will seem odd to choose a public library to do both for free. But in Helsinki, Finland’s capital, it’s a reality. The ...

How Helsinki Built ‘Book Heaven’ Finland’s most ambitious library has a lofty mission, says Helsinki’s Tommi Laitio: It’s a kind of monument to the Nordic model of civic engagement. Now that's what I ...

May 30 (UPI) --A book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was returned to a library in Finland 84 years past its due date. Helsinki Central Library Oodi said on social media that a person recently brought in a ...

At a time when the book reading culture is declining across the world, how does one country keep it alive and thriving? The success story of Helsinki Central Library Oodi in Finland since it opened ...

Editor’s Note: Laura Houseley is the editor-in-chief of Modern Design Review. Is there any other nation that loves its libraries as much as Finland? In 2016, the Finnish Ministry of Education and ...