Before the storm, the city tried to engineer water out of sight. But, David Waggonner says, ā€œyou can’t live with water if you can’t see water.ā€For years, David Waggonner designed courthouses and other public buildings at his architectural practice, Waggonner & Ball, in New Orleans. Then Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, and Waggonner became convinced that New Orleans was getting something fundamentally wrong about its approach to flooding and water.Ā 

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