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Online course “Wood material science” starts 10.1.2023
Learn 100% online how the structure of wood affects its physical and mechanical properties.

Online course “Wood products and processes” starts 27.2.2023
Learn 100% online the links between wood product properties and typical applications in the living environment.

150 years of higher architectural education in Finland
University-level teaching of architecture in Finland dates back to 1872.

Makers of Landscape and Aino Karilas awarded at Landscape Architecture Day
The awards were awarded at Landscape Architecture Day on 14 October

Hybrid Stage now in action
The Hybrid Stage pilot project has started on Harald Herlin Learning Center’s K-floor, serving the Aalto University community and its extended network of partners.

Tomek Rygalik: ‘We need to design less but better things for longer’
Meet our new professors: Professor in Furniture Design Tomek Rygalik

Architecture of Necessity Award to Hollmén Reuter Sandman Architects
The project presents systemic approach in sustainable architecture

Hossam Hewidy: ‘Increasing multiculturalism must be taken into account in urban planning’
I claim series presents architect, lecturer Hossam Hewidy

A human-friendly, giant insect hotel emerged in the middle of the city
Alusta, built from clay and populated by plants, is a sanctuary for pollinators and a meeting place for all living things

Online course “Forests, wood, and carbon” starts 5.9.2022
You may follow the course independently whenever it is suitable for you during period I.

Flexibility and community support for people with memory problems
What are the future housing solutions for people with memory decline, and what should they be?

Susa Eräranta has been appointed Professor of Practice in new land use planning practices
'The future of cities is constantly being influenced by planning, the effects of which will extend for decades to come,'

Wood Studio meets with success in WantedDesign New York
Aalto University takes part in the international WantedDesign online exhibition 2022. WantedDesign is a platform for creative talent, and it organises digital exhibitions featuring great design from around the world.
Kone Foundation donates 800 000 euros ʵ University's area of art and design
With this donation, the foundation wants to support research in the arts and artistic research in particular. The aim is to safeguard the diversity of disciplines and freedom of research in fields of education that have suffered from funding cuts and educational policy prioritisation.

Professor Heidi Salonen's Installation Talk: Indoor air quality – Importance and threats
Aalto University celebrates its tenured professors with popular talks by the new tenure track professors on 27.4.

Wooden-structured Little Finlandia opened its doors in Töölönlahti Bay
The building erected in the Töölö Bay area to temporarily house Finlandia Hall’s functions during its renovation is, in the words of architect Jaakko Torvinen, like a forest in the centre of Helsinki.

The Annual Review provided an overview of the achievements in 2021
The virtual event presented the key results and achievements of the School.

Landscape architect Kaisla Rahkola receives Lappset prize
Rahkola examines landscape history and landscape impacts of the mining industry.

Rafaela Seppälä donates 500 000 euros ʵ University's area of art and design
The substantial donation is part of the government matching funding campaign that will run until the end of June 2022.
