
New resilient waterfront park helps protect NYC from storm surges
Waterfront parks have been springing up all over New York City, including in Long Island City, where Hunter’s...

HASSELL and MVRDV tackle climate change in the Bay Area
A HASSELL-led design team that includes MVRDV has unveiled their preliminary proposed design strategy for tackling...

Have you seen the revolutionary “Dryline” flood barrier coming to NYC’s East River? (VIDEO)
The Dryline - BIG Teams Vision for Rebuild by Design from BIG on Vimeo. It looks like the Bjarke Ingels Group's...

New York City moves forward with BIG U plan to protect Manhattan from future super storms
Remember BIG U, the giant, storm-resilient green strip proposed by the Bjarke Ingels Group to protect Manhattan...

Could This Sunken Forest Protect the Rockaways from the Next Superstorm?
The Rockaways is still in the process of rebuilding after Hurricane Sandy but the area’s resiliency against...

Rebuild By Design Competition Winners Announced – $1 Billion Awarded to Protect East Coast From Future Storms
"The winning proposals are truly transformative and serve as blueprints for how we can safeguard the region and...

Could BIG’s “Big U” Proposal Protect New York City From the Next Hurricane Sandy?
BIG U: A Day in the Life from Rebuild by Design on Vimeo. "The Big U is an example of what we call Social Infrastructure,"...

Rebuild by Design Awards PennDesign/OLIN $20M to Protect Hunts Point from Storm Surges
Hunts Point | Lifelines from Rebuild by Design on Vimeo. An initiative of President Barack Obama's Hurricane...

MAT-TER Architects Unveil Plans for Typhoon-Resilient Guiuan National High School in the Philippines
MAT-TER Architects designed the typhoon-resilient school as part of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) that crowdsourced...

MIT Proposes “New Meadowlands” Plan to Protect New Jersey and New York from Future Storms
How would some of the nation's smartest minds approach the Eastern seaboard's increasingly dire problem of rising...

MIT’s “New Meadowlands” Marshland Plan Could Protect New York from the Next Hurricane Sandy
Yesterday we took an early peek at the top ten designs from the Rebuild By Design competition, a contest to find...

Rebuild by Design Competition Unveils Shortlist of Proposals for a Resilient Post-Sandy World
Announced last summer, the Rebuild by Design competition is an initiative of the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task...

10 Designs Show How Sandy-Affected Communities Can Be Rebuilt More Resiliently
Rebuild by Design, a competition to find resilient solutions for restoring communities affected by Hurricane Sandy,...

Just Press Pause: Help Save the Old Fulton Fish Market and Turn It Into a Vibrant New Public Space
Instead of being razed to make way for a 50-story hotel and condo tower, the historic Fulton Fish Market building...

Gensler’s Town Squares Could Protect NYC Against Storms and Generate Alternative Energy
Gensler has re-imagined NYC with town squares that could protect against flooding and power outages when the next Sandy-like...

For a Resilient Rockaways Design Competition Announces White Arkitekter as Winner
The "Small Means & Great Ends" design originated from the philosophy to introduce a plan that incorporates...

6 Smart, Flood-Resilient Home Designs Seen at NYIT’s 3C Comprehensive Coastal Communities Exhibit
Operating in a similar fashion to a tide gauge, Esperanza Lucia Huerta’s Mantella Amphibious Housing concept...

6 Innovative, Flood-Resistant Homes from the 3C Comprehensive Coastal Communities Competition
After suffering from millions of dollars worth of damage caused by Hurricane Sandy last year, Long Island is serious...

800,000 Evacuated as 140mph Cyclone Hits India’s East Coast
Indian authorities are expressing relief at what appears to be a relatively low rate of causalities after "Super...

Sorg Architects’ Rockaways Water Dyke Concept Harnesses Surge Waters Themselves to Fight Flooding
Earlier this March, MoMA PS1 challenged designers to rebuild the Hurricane Sandy-battered Far Rockaways in a more...

Coastal Areas of NYC Could Be Underwater If Another Sandy-Like Storm Hits in 2100, Say Projections
New projections from the National Weather Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers predict that if carbon...

PHOTOS: Hunter’s Point South Waterfront Park and Urban Beach Opens Today in Long Island City
Park Designers: Thomas Balsley Associates / WEISS/MANFREDI Prime Consultant and Infrastructure Designer: Arup A...

How ‘Soft Infrastructure,’ Like Wetlands and Green Roofs, Could Help Protect NYC from Future Storms
As the climate changes and sea levels rise, cities that were previously thought to be relatively safe are looking...

Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force Releases National Strategy to Prepare for Future Storms
The Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force was formed almost a year ago as an action tank to get storm-ravaged...

WXY+West 8 Team Shortlisted for Rebuild by Design Competition Aimed at Designing Resilient Coastal Communities
The WXY + West 8 team has been selected as one of ten teams to be shortlisted for the Rebuild by Design competition,...

Mayor Bloomberg Announces New Science and Resilience Institute for Jamaica Bay
This week, Mayor Bloomberg and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced that Jamaica Bay will be home to...

SHoP Architects’ Dancing Towers Break Ground on First Avenue and Could Be Storm Resistant
From a community that would double as a storm surge protector to flood-proof prefab beach buildings, NYC has...

AIA and Architecture for Humanity Team Up To Help Architects Respond To Disasters
Last month the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and nonprofit Architecture for Humanity teamed up to launch ArchitectsRebuild.org,...

REBUILDING JAPAN: Architecture for Humanity Raises Hikado Marketplace from Tsunami Rubble
It's only been 3 months since a devastating earthquake and tsunami ripped through Japan, but the horrifying images...