Climate Change Archives

Brooklyn Museum Presents a "Hemispheric" Survey of Indigenous Responses to Climate Change

Akiva Blander,

Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas explores how global warming has affected the visual culture of indigenous communities.

Long-Term Plans: To Build for Resilience, We'll Need to Design With—Not Against—Nature

Stephen Zacks,

Moving away from its early exclusive focus on natural disasters, resilient architecture and design tackles the much tougher challenge of helping ecosystems regenerate.

Why the Building Sector May Be Humanity’s Best Hope for Averting Catastrophic Climate Change

Audrey Gray,

Architects have enormous sway in specifying building materials and modes of operation; they also understand the political, budget, and client-education barriers to executing zero-carbon designs better than anyone.

5 Leading Experts and Advocates on How Architects Can Fight Climate Change

Audrey Gray,

Metropolis speaks with Michael Sorkin, The Architecture Lobby, Kate Orff, Jesse M. Keenan, and Tom Jacobs on the Green New Deal, Architecture 2030, political activism, and more.

Can We Build a Safer World? Bill Gates and the World Bank Call for More Rapid Climate Adaptation

Audrey Gray,

The Gates Foundation, the World Bank, and other global development influencers launch a Commission to address ecological disasters already at hand.

This Book Imagines How Cities Let Humanity Survive Cataclysmic Climate Change

Zachary Edelson,

2100: A Dystopian Utopia, written by architect Vanessa Keith and her firm StudioTEKA Design, depicts a world where humanity has dramatically adapted to risen seas and extreme weather.

Architects Advocate 2018 midterm election

How Architects Can Fight Climate Change During the Midterm Elections

Tom Jacobs,

Architects Advocate, an activist network of architects focused on climate change, describes the new tools it's releasing.

"Resiliency" Has Lost Its Meaning: Why We Need a More Radical Approach

Mimi Zeiger,

Sometimes it’s better to adapt and retreat before the waters rise again.

Kate Orff on Her New Project in Israel, What's in Store for the Venice Biennale, and Activism in Landscape Architecture

Akiva Blander,

Orff's New York practice SCAPE develops broad-based coalitions that can advocate for the firm's projects.

Studio Roosegaarde's Sublime "Waterlicht" Installation is Coming to Madrid

Zachary Edelson,

"Waterlicht," a "dream landscape about the power and poetry of water," is also an ominous warning of sea level rise.

The Bold Plan to Help Save the Mid-Atlantic Coast from Storm Surges

Akiva Blander,

Metropolis talked to Harvard GSD Professor Jesse M. Keenan on "Blue Dunes: Climate Change By Design," a book he co-edited with Claire Weisz of WXY Architecture.

After Irma and Harvey, Architects Advocate Network Calls for Action

Zachary Edelson,

In the wake of two devastating hurricanes, the grassroots group is pushing for design and policy responses.

Rene Gonzalez's "Floating" Homes Reflect the Past, Look to the Future

Beth Dunlop,

Adapting the region’s traditional architecture and preparing for climate change, Rene Gonzalez is creating a new residential typology for South Florida.

Why Architects Must Rethink Carbon (It's Not the Enemy We Face)

Susan Szenasy,

Susan Szenasy sits down with William McDonough—the developer of Cradle to Cradle design—to understand why we must employ a new language regarding carbon and sustainable design.

The 7 Best Sustainable Design Courses in America

Gretchen Von Koenig,

The 2030 Curriculum Project awards courses in design education that are best preparing students to meet the challenge of designing a zero carbon future.

The Porsche Design Tower, Symbol of Miami's Climate Change Denial

Thomas Musca,

The Porsche Design Tower is an apt symbol for the self-absorbed hedonism of Miami's one percent, who continue to ignore the very real threat of rising seas.