Mass. fiber expansion is being held up by red tape, provider says

An Alabama company wants to spend $250 million building fiber connections in over two dozen Massachusetts towns, including Quincy, Beverly, and Haverhill. But the company, GoNetspeed, claims that burdensome local regulations are getting in the way. GoNetspeed provides broadband services in eight states, including Maine and Connecticut. These states have a streamlined process for broadband […]

REDI: High-rise Housing and Service Hacking

When you come to Helsinki by boat, the most prominent buildings on the skyline are a few churches. In fact, the city of Helsinki has not favored high-rise buildings, until now. Several projects that will reach unprecedented heights are under construction, and I visited one of them, REDI. Meeting at REDI Living Lab Juhani Katko, […]

Strategy and Communication for Architects – Interview with Kasmir Jolma

I met with Kasmir Jolma, a newly graduated Finnish architect, in Helsinki. We discuss his master’s thesis on strategy and communication for architects and how clients see the architect’s role.  Here are snippets of the summary of Kasmir’s thesis, published in May 2016 at Tampere University of Technology: “Business development has not been a strength for architectural firms, […]