New Standards: Living together through standardisation and individuality in timber houses

Join Open House Worldwide and Archinfo Finland for the inauguration of New Standards, the Finish Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia on May 20.

The event brings together the curators of the Finland, Nordic, and United States Pavilions for a conversation exploring the different conditions of standardisation and customisation that arise through the use of timber as a structural material. Learn more

New Standards: Living together through standardisation and individuality in timber houses
Thursday, May 20, 2:30-4 pm UTC
Online. Free. Register to receive the link to join.

About New Standards
New Standards presents the history of a uniquely Finnish approach to mass-produced housing in the twentieth century: Puutalo Oy (Timber Houses Ltd.). In the years immediately following WWII, Puutalo offered a new model of factory-built housing that modernised Finland’s construction industry. In less than a decade, the company became one of the largest manufacturers of prefabricated wooden buildings in the world, exporting to every inhabited continent.

New Standards is Finland’s presentation for the 17th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia.