01/21/2016U.S. AWARDS $281 MILLION TO NEW YORK REGION FOR HURRICANE PROTECTIONNew York Times: Federal housing officials will award about $281 million to the New York region, including the states of Connecticut…
01/21/2016HUD AWARDS $1 BILLION THROUGH NATIONAL DISASTER RESILIENCE COMPETITION13 states/communities to receive funding for resilient infrastructure and housing projects Today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban De…
01/19/2016LOWER MANHATTAN WILL GET $176M TO ARM ITSELF AGAINST STORMSCurbed: Lower Manhattan will receive $176 million in funds for flood protection, the New York Times reports.While th…
01/18/2016NEW YORK CITY TO GET $176 MILLION FROM U.S. FOR STORM PROTECTIONSFrom the New York Times: New York City may soon be one step closer to building a new flood protection system around Lower Man…
01/14/2016MASSIVE EAST RIVER STORM BARRIER WILL ALSO BE A COOL NEW PARKTimeOut New York: After Superstorm Sandy hit in 2012, all kind of ideas were bandied about to combat future fallout from major …
01/13/2016THE NEXT BIG PUBLIC SPACE: ‘THE DRYLINE’The Observer: When you hear the phrase “East Side Coastal Resiliency Project,” your first thought probably isn’t “That sounds like …
12/15/2015NEW YORK’S BIG CLIMATE PLAN REALLY DOES INCLUDE OYSTERSThe Atlantic, City Lab: Tottenville, on Staten Island, will get oyster-friendly breakwaters and a dune system as part of post-Sandy…
12/13/2015WHERE SHOULD THE SEAWALLS GO? ENGINEERS DISCUSS FIVE WAYS TO FEND OFF FLOODINGHudson Reporter: One woman looked visibly flustered at a presentation this week of various ways Hoboken can handle storm surges and flood…
12/07/2015HAVE YOUR SAY ON FINAL CONCEPT FOR $230 MILLION FLOOD PROTECTION PROJECTHudson Reporter: Share your thoughts about how Hoboken, and neighboring coastal cities, should protect themselves from future storm…
11/10/2015REBUILD BY DESIGN, DEVELOPING DISASTER RESILIENCE THROUGH COMPETITIONUS Builders Review: In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Rebuild By Design was started in 2013 as new type of design competition. Since …
11/02/2015LATEST NEWS IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 2015Landscape Architecture’s Latest News: “While the 20th century was driven by magnanimous architecture, the 21st century is shaping up…
10/30/2015SUPERSTORM SANDY TURNS 3; PLANS FOR HOBOKEN MICROGRID AMONG CHIEF INITIATIVESHudson Reporter: Three years ago on Oct. 29, Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc in Hoboken. 500 million gallons of water flooded the streets …
10/29/2015IN ONGOING RESPONSE TO HURRICANE SANDY, WE MUST REMAIN FOCUSED ON CLIMATE CHANGE’S LONG-TERM IMPACTSThe White House: Since Hurricane Sandy made landfall, the Administration has invested in hard-hit communities to ensure that they d…
10/28/2015GREATER COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION IN CRISESThe New York Times: Read Amy Chester’s opinion piece, reflecting on Hurricane Sandy three years later. After Hurricane Sandy crippled …
10/27/2015IS NEW YORK READY FOR ANOTHER SANDY?The New Yorker: Hurricane Patricia, which hit southwestern Mexico last weekend, was the largest recorded hurricane to make landfall off t…
10/26/2015INNOVATIONS IN RESILIENCE ALONG THE WATER’S EDGEMagazine of the Urban Land Institute: With sea levels rising and catastrophic storms and flooding becoming more frequent and severe…
10/20/2015WHY ‘BY DESIGN’?Blog post, The Rockefeller Foundation: Cities around the world face new challenges every day, a reality being exacerbated by climat…
10/14/2015REBUILD RESETThe Architects Newspaper: Rebuild by Design moves ahead as local and state governments allocate funds and issue RFPs. When Hurri…
10/11/2015BETTER SAFE THAN ‘SANDY’The Hudson Reporter: Are we ready for future storms now? “Rebuild by Design is excellent but it’s going take five to ten ye…
10/05/2015REBUILD AWARDED “MOST GROUNDBREAKING FEDERAL CHALLENGE OR PRIZEREBUILD BY DESIGN COMPETITION RECEIVES FEDERAL AWARD FOR INNOVATION Rebuild By Design: **For Immediate Release** REBUILD BY DES…
10/05/2015DESIGNING WATER: CREATIVE MINDS RETHINK RESILIENCY – SXSW ECO 2015SXSW Eco 2015: Listen to Amy Chester, Daniel Pittman, Gia Biagi, and Rob Moore discuss resilience. We strive to prevent the wors…
03/03/2015REBUILD AT THE DANISH ARCHITECTURE CENTREDanish Architecture Centre: Rebuild's Managing Director Amy Chester speaks at the Danish Architecture Centre about Urban Resilience. …