It Takes More than Money to Fund Resilience
As our firm’s Research Knowledge Manager, I am always seeking to learn more about how to prepare for a resilient future. I recently attended a workshop at the Bay Area Metro Center on resilient design,...
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Building Resilience in a Changing World
From flooding and fires, to earthquakes and super storms, to heat waves and drought—and even social volatility—our growing globalized cities are facing rising vulnerabilities to natural disaster shocks...
View ArticleClimate Change and Our Response: Why Design for Resilience is Needed Now More...
Tomorrow, our Washington, D.C. office, in collaboration with Metropolis, will host “It Takes a Village: The Role of Community in Designing for Resilience.” The Think Tank discussion, featuring...
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Cultivating a Healthy Future in Mattapan: New Life for a 1780s Farmhouse
As the leaves fall from the trees, as the growing season comes to an end, as bountiful harvests are transformed into feasts for families, friends, and neighbors, and as we come together in recognition...
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Confronting Rising Waters In Copenhagen
The City of Copenhagen aims to be a front runner in climate adaptation, cloudburst management, and storm surge planning. In 2020, Copenhagen will host the International Water Association’s (IWA) World...
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A Big Picture Approach to Living With Water
An “In Person” profile of Gautam Sundaram, Urban Design Practice Leader in our Boston studio. Originally published in Banker & Tradesman, by Steve Adams. Name: Gautam Sundaram Title: Urban Design...
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ResilientSEE: A Framework to Achieve Resilience Across Scales
The worst part of Hurricane Maria was not the atmospheric event itself, but the aftermath. Poor infrastructure, unsafe construction practices, and lack of an emergency plan made Maria the deadliest...
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Game Day: Changing the Building Code
When a co-leader of our Material Performance Lab invited us to join her to testify at a building code hearing in front of the California Building Standards Commission, we never would have thought that...
View ArticleConvergence 2019: Building an Innovation Ecosystem
This year’s Convergence symposium discussed the diverse nature of innovation that is happening in the Toronto region, as well as back in the states. Our speakers examined the drivers of industry...
View ArticleYes, Interior Designers Have a Role in Resilience, Too
While global, severe weather events used to be an occasional occurrence, we now understand their increasing frequency to be evidence of climate change. We’re facing numerous shocks and stressors to...
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