10/01/2018CITY’S REDESIGNED FLOOD BARRIER SAVES TIME BUT DOUBLES COSTCrain's New York Business: The de Blasio administration on Friday announced major changes to a 2.4-mile barrier designed to protect the…
09/28/2018MANHATTAN’S EAST SIDE ‘RESILIENT PARK’ PLANS GETS OVERHAULEDCurbed: The city has announced major changes to the design for part of the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR), a pro…
09/28/2018DE BLASIO ADMINISTRATION PITCHES SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO EAST SIDE RESILIENCY PROJECTPolitico: The de Blasio administration on Friday unveiled a dramatically different plan for the East Side Coastal Resiliency project th…
09/28/2018CITY WANTS TO LIFT EAST RIVER PARK TO PREVENT FLOODINGNY Post: The city wants to lift up East River Park by several feet to prevent the FDR Drive and homes behind it from flooding, official…
09/26/2018WHERE NYC’S COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECTS STANDFOX5NY: In 2014, the federal government awarded New York City hundreds of millions of dollars to make improvements so that the next tim…
09/26/2018HENK OVINK FEATURED ON CBS 60 MINUTESCBS: Henk Ovink was recently featured on latest episode of 60 Minutes where he discussed innovative approaches to flooding and disaster…
09/26/2018An interview with eric klinenberg on his new book: pAlAces for the peopleAs Research Director of the Rebuild by Design Competition, Eric Klinenberg was, and still is, integral to the innovative research process an…
09/26/2018ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMPLETED FOR LIVING BREAKWATERSThe New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR) issued its Record of Decision, concluding the environmental review of the Living Bre…
09/26/2018REBUILD HOSTS FINAL WORKSHOP IN ATHENSIn late September, Rebuild hosted a workshop with the City of Athens to present and receive feedback on the long term vision for Lycabettus …
09/24/2018STATE DECISION ON FLOOD WALL THREATENS MASSIVE HOBOKEN DEVELOPMENTPolitico: A massive economic development project that would sit on some of the last untapped real estate in downtown Hoboken appears to…
09/24/2018REBUILD SELECTS PARTNER FOR ESCR STEWARDSHIP RESEARCHThis summer, Rebuild issued a request for proposals to select a partner to explore and recommend potential stewardship models with…
09/21/2018RESILIENT BY DESIGN STOREFRONT AT CLIMATE ACTION WEEKThe Resilient by Design pop-up storefront was opened during the recent Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco. The space held an exhi…