RASSEGNA MIART 2019

26/06/19, 16)28 Milan wins Wallpaper* Design Award for Best City Pagina 5 di 7 https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/best-city-wallpaper-design-awards-2019 Photography: Mika Huisman and Amos Rex The Finnish capital is having a cultural boom: 2018 has seen a clutch of new institutions, including the by JKMM Architects (which also completed a University of Helsinki extension last year), and the , opening soon. The city recently announced ambitions for a new architecture and design museum complex, while a Maritime Biennale for Public Art is to debut in 2020. Garden, a retail hub and showcase for Finnish fashion, will open this November. Visitors can already enjoy Helsinki’s first art hotel, the St George, curated by Mirkku Kullberg, ex- CEO of Artek, and culinary gems ranging from the new-Nordic restaurant Grön, awarded a Michelin star this year, to new opening Yes Yes Yes, a vegetarian eatery set in a former McDonald’s. Regeneration projects are under way for Lonna Island, a short ferry ride from the city; formerly a base for decommissioning mines, it now plays host to bars, restaurants and one of Helsinki’s growing number of public saunas. The sauna scene – which sees locations such as the waterfront Löyly and the Allas Sea Pool regularly fully booked – is to be bolstered further by the opening this autumn of Uusi Sauna, in Jätkäsaari, which will include a restaurant and a brewery. New architecture: Think Corner at the University of Helsinki and Amos Rex art museum, both by JKMM; Oodi Library, by ALA Under construction: Jätkäsaari residential district; Pasila transport hub; Helsinki Central Railway Station hotel, by Futudesign New hotels and restaurants: St George hotel, with interiors by Carola Rytsölä; Restaurant Andrea, also by Carola Rytsölä; Kitchen & Bar by Maannos, by Laura Seppänen Cultural draws: Helsinki Design Week; Design District Helsinki; Kohta art space Sharjah Amos Rex contemporary art museum Oodi Central Library by local firm ALA foglio sheet 5/6 W 11/01/2019 web web