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GDPR Information | Asiakastietojen tietosuojasta 05.06.2018 – Posted in: News

[In English, scroll down] Uusi EU-tietosuoja-asetus on astunut voimaan ja niinpä bookm-ark.fi:kin on päivittänyt tietosuojaselosteensa vastaamaan tuoreen GDPR-lainsäädännön vaatimuksia. Koska en halua kuormittaa kenenkään sähköpostilaatikkoa jälleen yhdellä GDPR-tiedotteella, päätin koota verkkokauppamme äskettäin päivitetyn tietosuojaselosteen keskeisimmät asiat pähkinänkuoressa tähän. Keräämme asiakkaidemme yhteystiedot vain verkkokauppatilauksen toimittamista varten. Luovutamme asiakasrekisterimme tietoja vain maksuliikenne- ja kuljetuspalveluista huolehtiville kumppaneillemme sekä kirjanpitäjällemme. Säilytämme asiakasdataa kirjanpitolain edellyttämät 6 vuotta. Käytämme Google Analytics -data-analyysipalvelua verkkosivustomme toiminnan kehittämistä varten. Google Analytics säilyttää verkkoliikennedataamme 14 kuukautta. Siinäpä se. Uutiskirjeitä…

Arkkitehti - The Finnish Architectural Review 1/2018

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The Future of Architectural Publications in the Finnish Architectural Review 1/2018 20.03.2018 – Posted in: Inspiration

The Finnish Architectural Review has got a new editor-in-chief Mika Savela who asked me to write some commentary about the future of architectural publications. The newest issue 1/2018 is now out, and bookm-ark is in fine company. The full article is titled Publishing between formats, themes and technologies; Mika Savela and Ana Dana Beroš interviewed an intriguing set of publishing houses and other operators in the field: Praksa, Aalto Arts Books, Microcities, DPR-Barcelona, Garret, The Funambulist,…

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Prostor vremena – A collection of Juhani Pallasmaa’s essays in Serbian 17.02.2018 – Posted in: News

As a Finn and an architect trained in Finland, I have found it quite hard to get my head around the vast international popularity of Juhani Pallasmaa. For me, and for many of my Finnish colleagues, Juhani Pallasmaa is the nice, friendly figure who still occasionally attends our seminars at the university in Otaniemi and who gives these gigantic lectures packed with knowledge about the art of architecture, the visual arts, cinema and philosophy. A…

Drawing by Stefan Sebök in the book: In Search of a Forgotten Architect.

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Architecture books 2017 – personal favourites 29.12.2017 – Posted in: Inspiration

What architecture books did I find most inspiring, informative or interesting over the past year? I gathered a list of my top favourites from the books I’ve read this year. This listing has been grandiosely titled Architecture Books 2017, but it is not a review of brand new publications. Rather, I tried to gather my thoughts about the architecture books that I really enjoyed owning and reading in 2017. As I like to end the year…

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Kirjavinkkejä arkkitehtuurin harrastajalle 01.12.2017 – Posted in: Inspiration

Aiotko antaa joululahjaksi kirjoja? Oletko kirjavinkkejä kaipaava arkkitehtuurin ystävä? Suomenkieliselle arkkitehtuurin harrastajalle on melkoisen hankalaa löytää korkealaatuista arkkitehtuuriaiheista luettavaa. Uutta arkkitehtuurikirjallisuutta julkaistaan suomeksi harmittavan vähän, ja turhan moni julkaisu on joko suunnattu alan ammattilaisille tai kirjoitettu turhan heppoisin oletuksin arkkitehtuurin perusteista. Kävin läpi tämänhetkistä myyntiluetteloamme, omia ja lähipiirin kirjasuosikkeja ja kokosin tähän blogiin muutamia arkkitehtuuriaiheisia lahjaideoita ja kirjavinkkejä. Alla olevassa luettelossa on suomenkielisiä arkkitehtuurikirjoja, joita voin lämpimästi suositella jokaisen arkkitehtuurin ystävän kirjahyllyyn. Kirjavinkkejä ei ole…

Modernism in Scandinavia: Art, Architecture and Design

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Parallels and differences: Dr Charlotte Ashby and Modernism in Scandinavia 05.09.2017 – Posted in: Inspiration

When did you last really learn something new about the history of ideas in Scandinavian design? What do you actually know about 20th-century art and architecture in the Nordic countries? Anni Vartola from bookm-ark.fi interviewed Dr Charlotte Ashby, the author of Modernism in Scandinavia: Art, Architecture and Design (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017). Charlotte Ashby’s new book doesn’t repeat the old myths but gives a fresh and comprehensive view of the topic through carefully chosen case studies. Let’s hear what…

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FAQ: How do we trade used architecture books at Bookmarchitecture? 17.08.2017 – Posted in: Inspiration

“So, tell me, Anni, how do you actually operate your book business?” Since launching our tiny architecture bookshop last year, I hear this question more and more often. As used architecture books and an online business have their own peculiarities, I thought it might be a good idea to unfold our trading practices here on our shop blog. So, here we go, let’s take a sneak peek at the back office. Q1: Where do you get…

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Getting organised with a new notebook 29.07.2017 – Posted in: Inspiration

How do you visualise the annual cycle in your head? I perceive the progress of time as a spiral. The new year begins in August; then it gradually gravitates down to the silence of domestic cosiness of the dark Christmas time. Around February, the loop starts climbing towards the spring. The high summer marks the high peak and a standstill. Consequently for me, these last days of July mark the beginning of a new annual…

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Books build history 20.06.2017 – Posted in: Inspiration

The Nordic branch of art libraries network Arlis had their annual conference in Helsinki last week, and I was invited to give a speech at the event. What could be more rewarding an audience than a roomful of librarians to talk about old books and the meaning of libraries! The conference focused on library customers, and I was asked to tell about how I used libraries when I worked a few years ago on my…

Kaupungin piirteet, Stadens prägel, Outlining A City

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New book about Helsinki: Outlining a City 01.06.2017 – Posted in: Inspiration

The Pro Helsingfors Foundation has just published a fantastic new book about Helsinki: Kaupungin piirteet – Stadens prägel – Outlining a City. It is published by a small quality publisher AtlasArt and the editor is my distinguished colleague Juha Ilonen, architect, photographer, designer, educator, and author of several Helsinki books such as his intriguing urban study The Other Helsinki: The Reverse Face of Architecture in the City (2014). The hefty new book is outstanding both in…