Design for Impact

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Ori Hiroyuki

In one of world’s most climate-vulnerable countries, architects prepare for the worst
Courtesy Pyri

This pinecone-sized device could transform the fight against wildfires
URA

A low-lying country’s defense against rising seas? Its very own ‘Long Island’
Irina Boersma

The bee population is in decline. These designers have a solution
s.ap arkitektar

An ambitious vision of a city built from lava

Joe Doucet x Partners

What if your house changed color with the seasons? This ‘climate-responsive’ paint could make it happen
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Gabe Ramirez, CNN

Video In a city prone to natural disasters, this museum uses design to stay safe 3:17
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CNN / Turenscape

Video Why concrete might be doing more harm than good in the fight against flooding 3:29
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Living Assembly

Video These scientists are trying to ‘grow’ buildings 3:24

Emergency response

Change through innovation

Building community

Alessandro Treves

The designer bringing Italian furniture to one of Kenya’s oldest slums

Courtesy Thames & Hudson

These houses are designed to face the challenges of the 21st century