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How to design climate-resilient buildings - Alyssa-Amor Gibbons

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Architecture can't ignore the realities of climate change. For time-tested solutions that perform under extreme conditions, designer Alyssa-Amor Gibbons says we should look to traditional buildings. Taking us to Barbados, where the hurricane season is unforgiving and storms are becoming more frequent, Gibbons points to the brilliance of endemic designs that are built to work with nature.

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