IN THE NEWS
IN THE NEWS collects and collates but a small sampling of news stories that speak to the themes and topics of interest to Building at Risk. To facilitate research and curate bibliographies, they are gathered thematically according to the Tags listed below. So much of the information collected in these news stories is the work of front line reporters who are tasked with communicating information on difficult topics and dangerous circumstances that industry and design presses typically choose not to cover.
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Pandemic Concrete
“ We can’t build our way out of the environmental crisis”
The Guardian
By George Monbiot
09/01/2021
Photograph: Maureen McLean/REX/Shutterstock From The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/01/build-environmental-crisis-infrastructure-pandemic-concrete
Japan Mudslides
“Several People In Japan Are Missing After A Mudslide Buries Their Homes”
BBC News
07/16/2021
Photograph From Kyodo News via NPR: https://www.npr.org/2021/07/03/1012877860/japan-mudslide-people-missing-homes-buried-west-of-tokyo
European Floods, 2021
“Europe floods: At least 120 dead and hundreds unaccounted for”
BBC News
07/16/2021
Photograph From News: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57858829
European Floods, 2021_Germany
“German officials defend their actions on devastating floods”
AP News
07/19/2021
Geir Moulson
Photograph: Boris Roessler/dpa AP News: https://apnews.com/article/europe-germany-floods-662f251959433bdbbc251631460e4314
Zero Carbon Construction, Norway
“The Scandinavian way to zero-carbon construction”
BBC News
06/22/2021
Matthew Keegan
Photograph: Getty Images
From BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20210622-the-scandinavian-way-to-zero-carbon-construction