10/30/2016HOBOKEN HOSTS WORKSHOP TO HELP RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND BUILDING OPTIONSHudson Reporter: Mayor Dawn Zimmer, along with a city planner and a floodplain expert, presented ways to lower residents’ flood insurance an…
10/25/2016WANT TO SURVIVE CLIMATE CHANGE? YOU’LL NEED A GOOD COMMUNITYWired: IN THE SUMMER of 1995, a blistering heat wave settled over Chicago for three days. It killed 739 people, making it one of the mo…
10/25/2016HOW THE GOVERNMENT ENGAGED THE PUBLIC TO HELP REBUILD AFTER SANDY: THE REBUILD BY DESIGN COMPETITIONWatch Blog: As the fourth anniversary of superstorm Sandy draws near, let’s take a look at one of the unique ways the government respon…
10/23/2016CAN THE DRYLINE SAVE NEW YORK? | CITYLAB 2016Citylab: Dedicated to highlighting innovation and effective practices in urban governance, CityLab gathered the world’s most creative mayors…
09/13/2016REBUILD BY DESIGN CHOOSES A WAY FORWARDRebuild By Design Chooses A Way Forward Jersey Digs: The $230 million Rebuild By Design project, which aims to curb flooding in par…
09/09/2016HUDSON REPORTER: REBUILD BY DESIGN TEAM ANNOUNCES A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVEThe Hudson Reporter: In a presentation Thursday night, Sept. 8, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the city of Hoboke…
08/24/2016IMPROVING PLANS FOR MILL RIVERThe Long Island Herald: At the second meeting to discuss the Rebuild by Design program to make Mill River more storm-resilient, citizen…
08/03/2016AT HOME IN A CHANGING CLIMATE: STRATEGIES FOR ADAPATING TO SEA LEVEL RISEArchinect: For most of us, ‘home’ conjures a sense of safety and security. But a home is a fragile thing: vulnerable to quaking gro…
07/28/2016REBUILD AND BIG U FEATURED IN JULY/AUGUST ISSUE OF DWELL MAGAZINEDwell: As countries across the globe mobilize to address pressing issues for a growing population, we examine the nation of the “smart ci…
07/13/2016WHY REBUILD BY DESIGN SUCCEEDS100 Resilient Cities: What makes Rebuild by Design succeed? Rebuild by Design was launched by U.S. Housing and Urban Developmen…
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…