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Sustainable Residential Design Strategies
In addition to providing residents with affordable, comfortable, environmentally-friendly homes, Make It Right is enhancing the neighborhood fabric with performative site-specific residential landscapes. More
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Stormwater Management Features
New Orleans has a unique and challenging geography between the river and the sea, protected by a ring of levees and floodwalls intended to prevent inundation from both the Mississippi River or the storm surge related to Hurricanes. The city also receives an exceptional amount of annual rainfall, adding to the challenge. New Orleans and adjacent communities must drain, pipe, and pump stormwater runoff up and over floodwalls to reduce stormwater flooding. More
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Thumbnail Architecture in Times of Need: Make It Right Rebuilding New Orleans‚ Lower Ninth Ward
The first book to document the progress of the Make It Right Foundation‚ efforts to rebuild in New Orleans‚ Lower 9th Ward after Hurricane Katrina is now available. Read More
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