Monday, March 266:30PM NYU School of Dentistry433 First Avenue, Room 210New York, NY Update on the East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) Project and review of ESCR’s proposed submission to the Public Design Commission. There are a number of agenda items as well as an update from ESCR. Click here for more information>>
MANHATTAN COMMUNITY BOARD #6 LAND USE AND WATERFRONT COMMITTEE Read More »
Inhabitat: Rising sea levels, precipitated by climate change, threaten to overwhelm the world’s cities if we do nothing — that’s the message Studio Roosegaarde vividly brought last week to the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York City. The studio’s light display, Waterlicht New York, showed the height of water levels during 2012’s Hurricane Sandy. Waterlicht,
THIS IS HOW HIGH NYC’S SEA LEVELS WILL RISE IF WE DON’T TAKE CLIMATE ACTION Read More »
Friday, March 235:30PMRebuild by Design 20 Cooper Sq, 2nd Fl., New York, NY Join authors Henk Ovink, Jelte Boeijanga and special guests for the launch of TOO BIG. Rebuild by Design’s Transformative Response to Climate Change. How will society confront climate change? Faced with rising sea levels and more powerful storms, we all know that what worked
BOOK LAUNCH: TOO BIG. REBUILD BY DESIGN’S TRANSFORMATIVE RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE Read More »
Mississippi Business Journal: “Green design” in architecture is far more than a buzz word or a fad. It is increasingly just the way things are done to not only preserve the environment, but the value of the owner’s investments. Green architecture as a phrase may be a fad, said Michael Berk, AIA, director of the School
Thurday, March 228:30AM Grand Central Tech335 Madison Avenue, 4th FloorNew York, NY 10017 Even beyond the tap, the value intrinsic to water can be derived from many sources. How can investment in water infrastructure reduce the impacts of climate change and increase the economic vibrancy of cities? In an era of increasing efficiency and automation, where
WORLD WATER DAY 2018: OUR BLUE ECONOMY Read More »
Wednesday, March 14th 6:00PMArnold Bernhard Arts & Humanities Building 84 Iranistan Avenue Bridgeport, CT 06604 Join us the Project Team for a presentation on the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) / Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE). Following the presentation, the public will have the opportunity to provide comments. After the hearing, there will be a design update and public
BRIDGEPORT PUBLIC HEARING & DESIGN WORKSHOP Read More »
Patch: In the wake of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, which caused billions of dollars in damage to the East Coast, the federal government made a decision: it wasn’t going to be good enough for communities to simply rebuild things as they were. They had to rebuild smartly to better face the next storm. From that, Rebuild
THE LONG ROAD TO STORM RESILIENCY: WORKING ON SANDY RECOVERY Read More »
July 18, 20187-9 PMCYO of Staten Island – Mount Loretto Campus6581 Hylan BoulevardStaten Island, New York Join the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery at the upcoming Rebuild by Design Living Breakwaters Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting and informational open house for the Living Breakwaters and the Tottenville Shoreline Protection Projects. Learn more here>>
LIVING BREAKWATERS CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Read More »
Tuesday, March 6 6:30PM P.S. 6 Corporal Allan F. Kivlehan School555 Page Ave, Staten Island, NY Join Living Breakwaters for Citizens Advisory Committtee Meeting #8. The Citizens Advisory Committee meeting is designed for the public to hear updates and provide inputs on the project. Click here for more information>>
LIVING BREAKWATERS CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING #8 Read More »
During a Citizens Advisory Committee meeting, the Living Breakwaters Project Team announced that the project’s final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) is expected to be published by April and that 60% design is completed. As a result of community feedback, the Water Hub is now proposed as a floating hub with classroom and event space. It
STATEN ISLAND HEARS PLAN FOR FLOATING WATER HUB Read More »
