STORY: China's so-called "sponge cities" were designed to boost flood resilience in metropolitan areas. But their effectiveness is now under scrutiny, after devastating floods inundated cities there ...
Most cities today are not built to handle the kind of extreme weather that climate change inflicts. The asphalt and concrete that are the building blocks of the modern metropolis absorb heat, making ...
Editor’s Note: Design for Impact is a series spotlighting architectural solutions for communities displaced by the climate crisis, natural disasters and other humanitarian emergencies. Most architects ...
(CNN) — Most architects look to control nature; Kongjian Yu wants it to take over. Intense storms are on the rise and cities across the world are finding it difficult to cope with deluges of ...
An overview of the "Am Seebogen" neighborhood in Vienna, Austria on Sept. 26, 2022. By themselves, the young trees lining a still barren boulevard in Vienna’s newest neighborhood hardly look like ...
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