The summer issue (A10 #58) is here!

Fancy a tour through Europe this summer? In A10 #58 (July/August 2014), we go north to take scope of the Finnish architecture scene in Eurovision, stop through Stockholm for a tour of the city's newest and strangest, check out Budapest's dazzling new M4 metro stations and head off-piste in a special review of the Venice Biennale. We catch up with globetrotter and Silver Lion winner Andrés Jaque, who talks about his work and life divided between Madrid and New York. Other highlights include a radical antenna and visitor centre in Turkey, a playground-cum-youth centre in The Hague and a charismatic kindergarten in Zaragoza.

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In this issue:

Eurovision: Finland

Doesn't it sound like paradise? Finland, a country where young architects quite often launch their careers by designing a major library, a school, or even a concert hall, because of a competition system that actually works. Not just that, it also offers excellent possibilities for creating innovative (interior) public space. The Finnish architecture policy enables ample opportunity for architects to learn the profession by trial and error, and also by finding inspiration in the 'old masters', like Aalto and Saarinen. Does this sound all too decent? Then it might be a relief to hear that the housing industry could do with an occasional touch of brilliance, and that a small group of independent thinkers is appending some question marks to all this national bliss. To find out more, we follow A10 correspondent Tarja Nurmi into the heart of Finnish architecture.

Interchange: Andrés Jaque

Andrés Jaque (Office for Political Innovation) speaks about what drives him and where he thinks architectural politics may be going in the near future. His radical stance, breaking the traditional boundaries of architecture, make him one of the most relevant figures in European architecture today.

‘Sales Oddity’ was awarded the Silver Lion for best research project at the 14th Architecture Biennale in Venice

Urban by nature

'To resolve the world's ecological problems, we first have to work on the problems facing our cities.' This observation by landscape architect Dirk Sijmons is the premise of the sixth edition of the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam: IABR–2014– URBAN BY NATURE– and it earned him the curatorship of this edition. A major exhibition at the Kunsthal, URBAN BY NATURE, guides visitors through the contemporary urban landscape to experience the metabolism of the city. Leading designers, companies, organizations and knowledge institutions from around the world present plans, films, photographs and models. Read more 

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