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From Ashes to Action: L.A. Fire Recovery Enters New Phase

Engineering News-Record Staff

August 8, 2025

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While FEMA and the Army Corps achieve early delivery of LA wildfire cleanup, challenges loom over reconstruction.

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A Florida Park by Brooks + Scarpa Foregrounds Coastal Resiliency

David Rifkind

July 1, 2025

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Anchored by a cantilevered overlook, DC Alexander Park in Fort Lauderdale lures beachgoers and selfie-takers while mitigating extreme weather.

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A Pair of Distinct Park Pavilions Rise on Manhattan and Hoboken’s Hudson Riverfronts

Matthew Marani

April 8, 2025

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Both designed by nARCHITECTS, the structures complement the climate-resilient landscapes of the respective parks that they’re situated in.

Design for Survival: Adapting to a Changing World

The Architecture 2030 Palette

Edward Mazria, FAIA

November 11, 2024

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Architecture 2030’s Edward Mazria introduces 11 new ‘Swatches’ to a toolkit of strategies and resources that mitigate disaster risks and tackle current and future design challenges.

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SCAPE’s China Basin Park Activates a Slice of Baseball Stadium–Adjacent Waterfront in San Francisco

Clare Jacobson

July 25, 2024

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Completed as part of the nascent Mission Rock neighborhood, the five-acre green space draws San Franciscans of all stripes to the area around Oracle Park on game day—and every other day.

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Landscape Architect and “Sponge City” Guru Kongjian Yu Wins 2023 Oberlander Prize

Matt Hickman

October 19, 2023

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The founder of Beijing-based Turenscape is the second person to be awarded with the prestigious honor following Julie Bargmann in 2021.

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SCAPE’s Living Breakwaters Wins 2023 Obel Award

Matt Hickman

September 14, 2023

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The marine habitat–bolstering green infrastructure project off Staten Island’s south shore is the fifth annual recipient of the international award honoring architectural projects “in service of both people and the planet.”

The tallest primarily mass-timber structure to be tested for seismic resilience on an earthquake shaking table is located at the UC San Diego Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.

Shaken Not Stirred: Tallest Mass-Timber Shake-Table Test

Sarah Amelar

May 16, 2023

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A 10-story mass-timber tower designed by LEVER Architecture in collaboration with several university and industry partners withstood a recent seismic resiliency test at UCSD's Englekirk Structural Engineering Center.

Congress Passes Legislation Focused on Resilience and Equity

Justin R. Wolf

December 19, 2022

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The bipartisan bill aims to help frontline communities prepare for the impacts of climate change.

Nearly a Decade Post-Sandy, Dirtworks Restores and Reinforces a New York Wildlife Refuge

In 2018, Dirtworks alongside Rippled Waters Engineering and Great Ecology began the marsh restoration project at Jamaica Bay in the Gateway National Recreation Area

Ilana Herzig

November 21, 2022

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At Gateway National Recreation Area, the landscape architecture firm has worked collaboratively to reconstruct West Pond's shoreline and restore and create acres of tidal wetland.