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Flood Prevention

  • Knox Bhavan creates flood-resilient March House on banks of River Thames

    London studio Knox Bhavan has created a prefabricated, flood-resilient house on the bank of the River Thames in Buckinghamshire, which is designed to be "future-proof" for at least the next 100 years. More

    Jon Astbury | 15 August 2022 | Leave a comment
  • KTA completes Bundanon Art Museum in Australia with inhabitable flood bridge

    Australian practice Kerstin Thompson Architects (KTA) has completed a cluster of buildings for the Bundanon Art Museum in New South Wales, including an inhabitable flood bridge containing residences and educational spaces. More

    Jon Astbury | 22 July 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Brillhart elevates Miami home on stilts in response to rising sea levels

    Responding to floods and weather caused by climate change, Florida-based Brillhart Architecture has raised a residence in southern Miami on galvanized steel stilts. More

    Ben Dreith | 15 April 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Built environment must adapt to "widespread and severe" climate change fallout says IPCC report

    Cities are failing to prepare for climate change and should focus on resilient design solutions such as building houses on stilts or creating floating neighbourhoods, according to the latest report from the United Nations' climate change panel. More

    Jennifer Hahn | 3 March 2022 | Leave a comment
  • Parnagian Architects imagines Salt Box Residence for the Jersey Shore

    American firm Parnagian Architects has released images of a conceptual house lifted on stilts above a site in coastal New Jersey that was hit hard by a hurricane. More

    Jenna McKnight | 4 November 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Concrete stilts protect House in Takaoka from extreme weather

    Japanese studio Unemori Architects has completed a house in the city of Takaoka that is raised 70 centimetres above the ground on concrete stilts to protect it from flooding and heavy snow. More

    Alyn Griffiths | 12 August 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Man-made rock pools at San Diego Bay waterfront double as coastal defences

    A group of geometric concrete blocks that mimic rock pools have been installed at San Diego Bay in California by eco-engineering company Econcrete to prevent flooding while providing habitats for marine life. More

    Lizzie Crook | 5 March 2021 | Leave a comment
  • Architecture Brio raises artist's cabin on stilts in India

    Mumbai Artist Retreat is a cabin built from steel and bamboo by Indian studio Architecture Brio in the coastal town of Alibag that's raised on stilts to withstand rising sea levels. More

    India Block | 17 October 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Six strategies for creating flood-resilient environments

    Climate change and rising sea levels are impacting the design and shape of our cities. Edward Barsley, author of Retrofitting for Flood Resilience, outlines six key strategies for creating environments that are adapted to flooding. More

    Tom Ravenscroft | 17 August 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Dutch city swaps asphalt for trees to adapt to climate change

    Arnhem in the Netherlands has made a 10-year plan to re-landscape the city to cope with extreme flooding and heatwaves caused by climate change. More

    India Block | 4 August 2020 | Leave a comment
  • John Pardey Architects raises house on stilts over River Thames flood plain

    Steel stilts elevate Narula House, a British dwelling on banks of a River Thames tributary that has been designed by John Pardey Architects to endure flooding. More

    Lizzie Crook | 28 March 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Nuns offer up convent as wetlands to fight flooding in New Orleans

    A community of nuns have donated their convent in New Orleans to create the Mirabeau Water Garden wetlands and improve the city's system for flood prevention. More

    Lizzie Crook | 11 February 2020 | Leave a comment
  • Bates Masi designs Kiht'han house on Long Island to endure periodic flooding

    US firm Bates Masi Architects has lifted this New York home above the ground and added lower-level screens to let water pass underneath, helping ensure that "flooding becomes a non-threatening event". More

    Jenna McKnight | 14 January 2020 | Leave a comment
  • BIG and Field Operations design resilient park and skyscrapers for Williamsburg waterfront

    BIG and landscape architecture firm James Corner Field Operations have revealed plans for a mixed-use development on the waterfront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, with a beach that could protect the shoreline from flooding. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 12 December 2019 | Leave a comment
  • Zaha Hadid Architects carves out sculptural flood protection barrier in Hamburg

    Zaha Hadid Architects has completed the sculptural Niederhafen River Promenade in Hamburg, Germany, as part of the city's upgrade of its flood prevention system. More

    Lizzie Crook | 21 August 2019 | Leave a comment
  • CF Møller's hybrid flood defences will create new nature park in Denmark

    A flood defence system devised by CF Møller in central Denmark will combine urban planning, climate change adaption and nature conservation. More

    India Block | 12 January 2018 | Leave a comment
  • Restored floodgates by Studio Roosegaarde reflect the headlights of passing cars

    Studio Roosegaarde has restored a set of flood defences in the Netherlands, impregnating the floodgates with a new retroreflective material that glows in the headlights of oncoming cars. More

    India Block | 20 November 2017 | 6 comments
  • DeciBel proposes "lotus-like" theatre and cultural centre for Hanoi

    Australian architecture studio DeciBel has unveiled plans for a cultural complex in Hanoi, featuring six bulb-like structures to reference a floating lotus flower. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 28 February 2017 | 4 comments
  • McGregor Coxall proposes wetland "bird airport" for northern China

    Landscape architects McGregor Coxall has won a competition to design a wetland sanctuary in Tianjin, offering migrating birds a stopover to fatten up and breed. More

    Eleanor Gibson | 15 February 2017 | 4 comments
  • The Climate Tile by Tredje Natur aims to stop cities flooding

    A new type of modular tile promises to help reduce flooding in cities hit by increased rainfall due to climate change. More

    Rima Sabina Aouf | 29 December 2016 | 4 comments
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