Architects and developers working in Miami are belatedly responding to climate change, amid a growing sense of alarm over how rising sea levels are affecting the city.
Design Miami chief creative officer Rodman Primack told Dezeen that climate change is "actually happening" in Miami while Vanity Fair's architecture critic Paul Goldberger said rising sea levels are affecting the Florida city "more than any place else in the United States".
The comments came amid concerns that Miami Beach's historic Art Deco district could be lost to the sea, with a panel of preservation experts agreeing earlier this year that "things don't look good".
In March, a historic waterfront mansion was lifted and moved to higher ground to save it from flooding while the New York Times reported last month that real-estate buyers were suddenly prioritising flood defences over ocean views, threatening "a potential economic time bomb in an industry that is struggling to adapt". The comments came amid concerns that Miami Beach's historic Art Deco district could be lost to the sea
Meanwhile the discovery of an octopus in a flooded underground car park last week went viral, with local newspaper the Miami Herald describing the incident as "climate change's canary in the coal mine".
"A lot of people have been trying to hide their heads in the sand and that sand is actually eroding," Primack told Dezeen, referring to the fact that sand on Miami Beac...