Resilient In The Extreme

Here’s how some architects are tackling the challenges of climate change.

- Rachel Gallaher

PRIORITISING SUSTAINABILITY IN an effort to fend off climate change has become mainstream across the design industry. But what can architects do when the planet seems to turn against us anyway? The acceleration of global warming and its adverse effects—wildfires, droughts, flooding and other natural disasters—is bringing to the forefront an approach to architecture that, while not new, is rapidly gaining a following around the world. Resilient design aims to mitigate the impact of external threats via inventive solutions.