10/03/2017WHERE IS THE ASSISTANCE FOR THOSE HIT BY HURRICANE MARIA?NRDC: Our nation has been rocked by three catastrophic hurricanes over the past five weeks. This rash of disasters has taxed the nation…
09/17/2017HARVEY RECOVERY CZAR FACES LIMITS TO ‘FUTURE-PROOFING’ TEXASThe Washington Post: AUSTIN, Texas — The man tasked with overseeing Texas’ Hurricane Harvey rebuilding efforts sees his job as “future-proof…
09/14/2017COMPETITION LOOKS AT REDESIGN FOR S.F. BAY AS SEA LEVELS RISESSan Francisco Chronicle: Bay Area residents know how hard it is to get a full sense of the large and constantly shifting shoreline that…
09/12/2017U.S. PAVILION ANNOUNCES DESIGN TEAMS FOR 2018 VENICE ARCHITECTURE BIENNALEArchpaper: Seven design teams have been selected to represent the United States in the U.S. Pavilion at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennal…
09/10/201710 TEAMS SELECTED TO MAP BAY AREA’S RESPONSE TO RISING SEA LEVELSSan Francisco Chronicle: With sea level rise expected to become a pressing threat here within decades, 10 design teams have been selected to…
09/06/2017LESSONS FROM HURRICANE SANDY HAS NY ON FIRM FOOTING AGAINST STORMSReal Estate Weekly: Fresh of Hurricane Harvey, days away from Irma and five years after New York was battered by its own Hurricane Sandy,&nb…
09/01/2017ELABORATE PROJECTS PLANNED TO STOP ANOTHER SANDYFOX 5 News - After Superstorm Sandy hit, a handful of groups were tasked with creating ways to protect communities in and around New Yo…
08/30/2017WHAT THE DUTCH CAN TEACH THE WORLD ABOUT MANAGING FLOODSCBC: The hurricane that has devastated Texas and Louisiana — and the catastrophic flooding in Sierra Leone and South East Asia — s…
08/23/2017THERE’S A HUGE, OVERLOOKED ECONOMIC THREAT TO NEW YORK CITYBusiness Insider: Like most American cities that border an ocean, New York City is at risk for flooding due to sea level rise. Sea level …
07/27/2017WALLS WON’T SAVE OUR CITIES FROM RISING SEAS. HERE’S WHAT WILLNBC News: To some people, climate change seems like a problem only for future generations. But for residents of many coastal cities, th…
06/08/2017EXPERTS: CITIES MUST THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT RESILIENCE PLANNINGGovTech.com: Resilience planning involves understanding the most pressing issues within a community, and working across sectors of private i…
06/02/2017DESIGNING FOR DISASTER, BEFORE IT HAPPENS: RESILIENT BY DESIGN SEEKS ARCHITECTSArchinect: Disasters resulting from climate change, such as sea level rise, often cause billions of dollars of damage. In an era when the Un…
06/01/2017RESILIENT BY DESIGN LAUNCHES BAY AREA CHALLENGEMetropolitan Transportation Commission: Resilient by Design | Bay Area Challenge, an innovative new approach to prepare the Bay Area for the…
05/30/2017GLOBAL DESIGN CHALLENGE SETS SIGHTS ON ADAPTING BAY AREA INFRASTRUCTURESF Business Times: Resilient by Design is an open call for multidisciplinary teams comprised of architects, engineers, designers and ot…
05/30/2017DESIGN TEAMS COMPETE FOR BEST SOLUTION TO SEA-LEVEL CONUNDRUMSan Francisco Chronicle: An ambitious design competition that seeks to make the Bay Area a model for how to prepare for sea-level rise kicks…
04/17/2017REBUILD BY DESIGN’S ENDURING LEGACYArchitect Magazine: The most moving architectural renderings I’ve seen lately show the New Jersey Meadowlands, not far from where I gre…