09/03/2025JOIN US FOR CLIMATE WEEK SEPT 22-28For Climate Week 2025, Rebuild by Design is bringing together community leaders, policymakers, and partners to show how resilience can take …
09/02/2025“The knowledge we have built from storm to storm is the true legacy of Hurricane Katrina”Dezeen: The US Housing and Urban Development launched Rebuild by Design, under the America Competes Act, calling for international, interdis…
08/23/2025Can a 3.5-Acre, $296 Million Park Save Lower Manhattan?NY Times: The superstorm prompted a novel initiative by the Obama administration to jump-start projects in and around New York that would fo…
08/17/2025How architects are redefining disaster relief through designWallpaper: Government responses to disasters have also resulted in architecture focused on future mitigation. In June 2013, just 8 months af…
08/11/2025Moving on From the Heartbreak HotelInside Climate News: The forecast already has proof of being true, as Vermont is now one of the top 10 states in declaring federal disasters…
08/11/2025Experts issue warning over alarming trend in home insurance industry: ‘I don’t want to sugarcoat it’The Cool Down: Elsewhere, policymakers and researchers are working on long-term solutions, such as updating building codes, restoring wetlan…
08/06/2025The Subway Rat can help keep us dryNY Daily News: What if Pizza Rat told New Yorkers to check their subway route for possible closures before or during heavy rains. Mr. Met co…
08/05/2025An engineer’s guide to the future of flood defenseInteresting Engineering: The $60M federal grant (Rebuild by Design) plus state funds yielded a ~$107–111M project (in 2020 dollars). Civil c…
07/29/2025Flood risk is growing in NJ. Where are our governor candidates on climate? | OpinionNorth Jersey: According to Rebuild by Design's Atlas of Disaster: New Jersey, the state has experienced 14 federally declared major disaster…
07/18/2025FEMA’s Future: Inside Trump’s Push to Reshape Disaster ReliefKatie Couric: “Trump has come out with his guns blazing against FEMA,” New York University’s Rebuild By Design director Amy Chester tells us…
07/15/2025President Trump, Gov. Abbott reevaluate FEMA as Texas floods test disaster responseSpectrum News TX: “FEMA is frontline aid for states across the country,” said Amy Chester, director of Rebuild by Design, a New York Univers…
07/14/2025Lessons from Texas: We aren’t ready for today’s extreme weatherThe Hill: The nonpartisan organization Rebuild by Design notes that 40 states experienced 10 or more major disasters (those causing more tha…