07/05/2016CAN NEW YORK BE SAVED IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL WARMING?Rolling Stone: It’s a bright spring day in New York, with sunlight dancing on the East River and robins singing Broadway tunes. I’m…
06/30/2016PUBLIC MEETING SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS FLOOD-CONTROL CONSTRUCTION IN MEADOWLANDSNorthJersey.com: The recipient of $150 million in federal, disaster-relief grants, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Prote…
06/29/2016THE LIVING BREAKWATERS AT CONFERENCE HOUSE PARK, A PROJECT OF AMBITIOUS REGENERATIVE PROPORTIONS3BL: On the first of June—one of those rare days invoked by the American poet James Russell Lowell—we met our advisor and Patagonia…
06/17/2016HOW FLOOD WALLS WOULD WORK IN HOBOKENThe Hudson Reporter: Roughly 100 residents came to a public meeting on Tuesday to talk about three possible anti-flooding proposals…
06/13/2016VISUALIZING THE LIVING BREAKWATERS AT CONFERENCE HOUSE PARKThe Field Guide: On the first of June—one of those rare days invoked by the American poet James Russell Lowell—we met our advisor a…
06/07/2016GREEN REVOLUTION: TURNING NEW YORK INTO NOAH’S ARKIndustry Leaders: As a part of an initiative to revive parts of the coast hit by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, BIG and Dutch firm ‘One A…
06/06/2016CRUCIAL UPDATES ON NEW YORK–AREA COASTAL RESILIENCY PROJECTS, TWO YEARS INThe Architects Newspaper: On Friday, Rebuild By Design (RBD) hosted a conference at NYU to check in on the progress o…
06/05/2016CLEAN ENERGY VITAL IN A WORLD OF WORSENING DROUGHT AND FLOODSENCA: NEW YORK – Imagine a world that’s run out of fresh water. A world where it’s so hot, crops can no longer grow. Where rising s…
06/02/2016Checking In With Sandy-Inspired Rebuild by DesignNewsWorks: Following Superstorm Sandy, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan launched a design competition. Now,…
06/01/2016THE US GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING NEARLY $1BN ON SIX PROJECTS TO PROTECT GREATER NEW YORK FROM FLOODSCity Metric: In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy hit the north eastern United States. The storm plunged many of the region’s cities in…
05/31/2016RISING REALITYThe San Francisco Chronicle: Fifty years ago, Bay Area residents rallied around the call to save San Francisco Bay. Public action on an u…
05/30/2016CLIMATE CHANGE IS REWIRING GOVERNMENT-CITIZEN RELATIONSHIPSNewsweek: “The United States doesn’t have a good history with urban projects,” says architect Matthijs Bouw. As proof, he points to th…
05/26/2016THE URBANIST: WATERThe Monocle: On this week’s Monocle Podcast, we look at water-sensitive urban design, unpack our relationship with the ocean, discov…
05/13/2016VIDEO: EXPERTS ON THE CHALLENGES OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONCarbon Brief: Scientists, policymakers and businesspeople convened in Rotterdam this week for theAdaptation Futures 2016 confe…
05/02/2016A COMMUNITY-MINDED APPROACH TO RESILIENCE IN BERKELEYCity Lab: Berkeley, California, is a small city facing some large-scale challenges. There are the environmental: the Hayward fault l…
04/12/2016CONSTRUCTIVE CONFLICT: CAN DESIGN COMPETITIONS MAKE CITIES STRONGER?The Guardian: Just as musicians can build their year around festival appearances, architects can now fill their calendar with deadlines f…