A new type of modular tile promises to help reduce flooding in cities hit by increased rainfall due to climate change. More about The Climate Tile by Tredje Natur aims to stop cities flooding
Taiwanese designer Sheng-Hung Lee and Malaysian designer Wan Kee Lee have created a concept for a new kind of sea defence that also functions as a set of giant plant pots. More about TetraPOT is a greener alternative to concrete coastal defences
A row of brightly coloured beach huts and an elevated promenade will be integrated into this sea wall designed by Snug Architects to protect the coastal English town of Milford-on-Sea (+ slideshow). More about Colourful beach huts will double as coastal defence wall in southern England
A large corrugated metal roof is drawn down over the the upper floor of this house in Melbourne, making it appear to have just a single level when seen from the street (+ slideshow). More about OSK Architects hides a second storey beneath Seddon House's angular metal roof
A network of sunken basins and water-purifying planting has been developed by landscape studio SLA and engineering firm Ramboll to help avert flooding in a Copenhagen neighbourhood (+ slideshow). More about Sunken pools and planting proposed to ease flooding in Copenhagen neighbourhood
Curving windows peep above the ground to bring light into this underground car park in South Holland, which is covered in grassy hillocks to replicate a dune landscape (+ slideshow). More about Dune-shaped car park by Royal HaskoningDHV doubles as a flood defence
This larch-clad residence by floating architecture specialists Baca Architects is raised above its flood-prone site in Oxfordshire, England, on wooden blocks and an elevated deck (+ slideshow). More about Baca completes flood-resilient home beside an Oxfordshire brook
A new exhibition about radical projects to rebuild communities in the aftermath of disasters points to the "changing role of architects in society", says its curator (+ slideshow). More about RIBA's Creation from Catastrophe exhibition showcases the world's best disaster-relief projects
World Architecture Festival 2015: in this exclusive movie, Andrew Buck of Turenscape discusses the flood-resistant topography of the Chinese landscape firm's award-winning wetland park in Jinhua, China. More about Terraces of plants in Yanweizhou Park "control floods in an ecological way"
This Vietnam house extension cantilevers off the edge of a stone plinth, protecting the rooms inside from annual flooding (+ slideshow). More about Nha4 Architects adds flood-proof extension to family home in Vietnam
The living spaces of this beach house in Byron Bay, Australia, by Refresh Design are accommodated in an upper storey that projects outwards at both ends from a timber-clad plinth (+ slideshow). More about Northern Rivers Beach House is raised off the ground to avoid flooding
A concrete basin constructed inside this small apartment in Venice is designed to fend off flooding from the city's waterways. More about Act_Romegialli damp-proofs a Venetian home against the rising tides of the city's waterways
Work is nearing completion on the Amphibious House by Baca Architects – a family home on an island in the middle of the River Thames that can float on rising floodwater like a ship in its dock. More about UK's "first amphibious house" can float on floodwater like a boat in a dock
Movie: Bjarke Ingels explains how the $335 million allocated to BIG's scheme to upgrade Manhattan's storm defences will be used to create a flood barrier disguised as a park in our second exclusive video interview with the Danish architect. More about Big U storm defences "will secretly protect Manhattan from flooding" says Bjarke Ingels
Belgian studios Wil-Ma and Wastiau have collaborated on the design of an office building in Westerlo, near Antwerp, which looks like a house raised on angled stilts (+ slideshow). More about Brick office by Wil-Ma and Wastiau is raised on angled stilts to protect it from flooding
News: preservationists have proposed a system of hydraulic jacks that could safeguard Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House from flood damage by lifting it into the air. More about Hydraulic jacks could protect Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House from flood danger
This house in London by local studio De Matos Ryan sits within a sunken courtyard, surrounded by a secret flower garden (+ slideshow). More about Sunken house by De Matos Ryan nestles in a secret garden
This weekend cabin in a Washington national park, by Seattle architect Tom Kundig, features a protective steel exterior that slides across its windows and a floor raised up on stilts to prevent flooding. More about Tom Kundig creates "virtually indestructible" steel cabin on stilts
News: architects and designers including OMA, BIG and WXY have unveiled proposals to revitalise parts of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut devastated by Hurricane Sandy, and help protect them against future emergencies. More about OMA and BIG propose transformations for America's hurricane-struck east coast
Vietnamese studio H&P Architects has built a prototype bamboo house designed to withstand floods up to three metres above ground (+ slideshow). More about Blooming Bamboo Home by H&P Architects