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The most immediate threat to preserving the ruins of Babylon, the site of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is water soaking the ground and undermining what is left in present-day Iraq of a great city from the time of King Nebuchadnezzar II. A current study, known as the Future of Babylon project, documents the damage from water mainly associated with the Euphrates River and irrigation systems nearby.
Obviously the effects of Katrina were greatest in terms of lives lost and homes ruined, and you still see plenty of evidence of destruction in the most affected neighborhoods. But while looking around the Tréme neighborhood, where the series is set—and, OK, getting some really great fried chicken at Willie Mae's Scotch House—I came across another Katrina casualty: The Phillis Wheatley Elementary School
New York City architecture and construction firms are heading to Haiti in an effort to help rebuild the devastated Caribbean nation, which was hit with a magnitude 7 earthquake in January.
Design activism is on the rise. The most recent and public expression of this movement can be examined at New York’s Center for Architecture. Modernism at Risk: Modern Solutions for Saving Modern Landmarks recently opened to large crowds and runs through May 1. The exhibition was organized by the World Monuments Fund and is sponsored by Knoll.
