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NPR on sponge cities, Kongjian Yu, and the future of flood mitigation

Archinect

billion worth of funding specifically included in the 2021 Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to combat the problem. The need for better stormwater strategies has since been proven in New York City and other low-lying American metros, too, with $2.6

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JFK's New Terminal One project officially breaks ground

Archinect

First announced in December 2021 , the privately-funded, $9.5 A group of firms, including Carlyle, JLC Infrastructure, and Ullico, are among the private partners behind the undertaking, which bills Gensler in charge of design and AECOM Tishman as the general contractor.

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Elon Musk's The Boring Company opens first station in expanded Las Vegas transit tunnel system

Deezen

Elon Musk 's infrastructure firm The Boring Company has opened the first of around 55 stations that are set to be constructed as part of a tunnel network underneath Las Vegas , which will see passengers carried across the city in a fleet of Teslas. The Boring Company has opened a Vegas Loop station at Resorts World Las Vegas.

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Electrification & Decarbonization of Buildings

SW Oregon Architect

Toward meeting these targets, the City is drafting ordinances prohibiting fossil fuel infrastructure in new low-rise residential buildings after June 1, 2023; in turn, new commercial construction will be required to do likewise. All-electric homes in Eugene emit 70% less carbon over a 15-year period than a mixed-fuel home.

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Manhattan island extension could provide homes for 250,000 people

Deezen

Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and Hurricane Ida in 2021 demonstrated how devastating surges and flooding can be, and yet little action has been take on that front. He calculates that the difference between building construction costs and housing sales values could be used to fund the creation of the artificial land and associated infrastructure.

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A New Doc About Saudi Arabia’s 105 Mile–Long City Walks "The Line" Between Fact and Politics

Dwell

In the clip, architects, designers, engineers, and Saudi royalty expound on the megaproject, which was announced in 2021 and has garnered its fair share of criticism and skepticism. He anticipates his country’s population will grow from 36 to 50–55 million people by 2030 and says its infrastructure is at a tipping point.

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Tier Drops

Landscape Architecture Magazine

In early August 2021, the U.S. But other tribes are still struggling to access clean drinking water or the infrastructure that would deliver clean water to their communities. The bipartisan infrastructure law passed by Congress last year provides water efficiency assistance to tribes. By Lisa Owens Viani. The law includes $2.5