Tag: Infill Development

  • Finnish Suburbs Await Inspiring Retrofits

    Finnish Suburbs Await Inspiring Retrofits

    Last weekend I got invited to a couple’s house in Herttoniemi, one of Helsinki’s first suburbs, to experience the loud hum of a six-lane highway that runs just behind their house and is terrorizing their suburban dream (yes, it is loud). The city apparently hasn’t been interested in setting up a barrier to reduce noise…