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Green undeveloped natural landscape
In Full Flood

Sasaki set to design a community-focused and resilient neighborhood park in Colorado

“Olmsted of China”

Beijing landscape architect Kongjian Yu wins 2023 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize

Flood Stories

More City than Water offers a look at Houstonians’ experiences with flooding

military members survey a hurricane-damaged street
A Storm Name Due for Retirement

Hurricane Ian crushes causeways, topples historic piers in its rampage across Florida

a painting of the homosassa river in florida, subject to flooding and sea level rise in recent years due to climate change
Float Your Porch

An architect glimpses the future of climate change from his West Florida cabin

a flooded freeway in new york left submerged by hurricane ida, emblematic of the climate crisis
Something Has to Give

The Northeast cleans up after the remnants of Hurricane Ida soak the region

facade of a historic event hall in brooklyn
Forces of Nature

Daily digest: Demolition permit filed for Brooklyn’s Grand Prospect Hall, flooding damages Trump’s border wall, and more

Rendering of the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympic Village stretching off into the distance during winter
Wintering in Milan

Daily digest: SOM will design the 2026 Olympic Village in Milan, a Supergraphics merch collaboration, and more

Aerial photo of stockholm with an island in its bay
Coping in Copenhagen

Danish Parliament approves controversial artificial island to protect Copenhagen from rising seas

black and white photo of a bayou home ravaged by climate change
Running Out of Time

Architecture’s obstinacy in the face of climate change normalizes the precariousness of coastal living

giant buddha statue next to a river
Keeping Conservationists on Their Toes

World’s largest Buddha statue has close call with Chinese floodwaters

The Farnsworth House in Illinois surrounded by floodwaters
Rain, Rain Go Away

The Farnsworth House is (once again) besieged by floodwaters

Skyline shot of Jakarta, Indonesia
Capitol of Capital

Softbank CEO, Tony Blair, and the Abu Dhabi Crown Prince will help build Indonesia’s new capital

People walking beside the Eerie Canal with kayakers in fall
River Revamp

Governor Cuomo unveils $300 million plan to reimagine the Erie Canal

People walk through a flooded street in Venice
Acqua Alta

Venice is slammed with floods as architectural treasures are submerged

Image of Donald Trump, Sen. Marco Rubio and FEMA Administrator, September 2017
Shutdown for What?

FEMA’s flood insurance program continues through shutdown after lobbying by real estate industry

Crescent Coasts

New Orleans property swap may yield largest public riverfront in the U.S.

Atlantis Tomorrow

Jean Nouvel’s Miami Beach high-rise is back on schedule

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