Urban Finland https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html DIY Urban Planning Revisited – Progress Report for Urban Helsinki’s Pikku Huopalahti Proposal Pro Helsinki 2.0 -varjokaava täyttää 10 vuotta Retrofitting Suburbia – A New Life for Vantaa’s Myyrmäki Public Art – Through a Windshield Zoning in on Zoning The T3 Plan – a Facelift for Finland’s Epicenter of Modernist City Planning Helsinki Welcomes Townhouses Depaving the ‘Stroads’ to Hell Density without Delight: Vermonniitty’s Lessons for Urban Planners Finland Goes Back to the Future with Wooden Construction There’s more to Cities than just Architecture – Why Kartanonkoski Is not Sankt Erikskvarteren Digging into Form-Based Urban Planning A Note on the Finnish Municipality Reform Project The Pedestrianization of Vaasankatu – City Enlivenment Gone Astray Insights into Townhouse Development in Helsinki and Stockholm Urban Helsinki Versus the Building and Construction Industry Design First or Last? A Fork in the Road for Helsinki’s New City Plan Ten Reasons why Helsinki Needs Do-It-Yourself Urban Planning Helsinki’s ‘Daughter of the Baltic Sea’ Brand Needs a Ljubljana-Style Reboot Finland’s Energy Efficiency Boom Good for the Climate, but Trouble for Cities Finnish Suburbs Await Inspiring Retrofits Monotony Exposed – Finnish Cities Plagued with Overly Standardized and Worn Building Designs Kallion Luuppi on herännyt eloon Helsinki’s Lastenlehto Park a Benchmark for the Design of Contemporary Finnish Urban Open Spaces Tampere’s Aimless Urban Strategy of Planning for Cars and People Finnish Mall Enthusiasts Add Little Value to Local Economies Can SoftGIS Tools Help Us Rediscover the “Human Element” for Shaping Livable High Density Urban Neighborhoods? PehmoGIS-menetelmillä kohti asuintoiveita priorisoivaa kaupunkikehittämistä City of Boulevards or City of Malls? Urban Transport Infrastructure Retrofits Are Changing the Urban Landscape in Helsinki and Tampere Pro Helsinki 2.0 – The Urbanist Vision for Making Helsinki Denser and More Diverse Changing Work Patterns and the Rise of Urban Innovation Districts – The Future in Finland? Six Major Developments Shaping Finnish Cities: 2014 in Review K+S Urbanism – Will Mega-Retailers Kesko and S Group Ever Think Outside the Box? Istanbul: Notes on the Eternal City’s Urban Problems and Ideas Tactical Urbanism Can Help Cities Meet Changing Livability Demands Intelligent Mobility and the Long Walk to Freedom from Cars Could Europe’s Refugee Influx Trigger a Shift Towards Leaner Urban Policies? Could Your City Benefit from DIY Urban Planning? Yes, the Experience from Pro Helsinki 2.0 Suggests Making Downtown Helsinki more Walkable – It’s Time for a Grassroots Revolution The Quest for Terrific Courtyards in Creating High-Class Density Urban Lessons from Hong Kong and Tokyo Global warming is slowly changing life in Finnish cities Urban Lessons from Naples, Potenza and Matera From Life-Filled Imagery to Dead Plazas – Why Cities Need a Place-Driven Future About Me and the Blog ‘This Waterfront Needs a Highway’: The Huge Mistakes Cities Keep Making The Power of DIY Urbanism: How a Group of Skateboarders Changed the City Kallion noutolounaat – Take-Out Lunch Options in Kallio Help Cure Finland’s Mall Fever Tervetuloa kierrokselle tulevaisuuden Kallion “Luuppia” pitkin