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Perkins&Will Architects Offices

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The update coincides with last month’s report from the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) calling for greater and more urgent action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. According to the report, the pace and scale of decarbonization efforts to date are not enough to keep the planet’s temperature from exceeding 1.5

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How climate, pandemic, and war shape the "future proofing" of buildings, cities and regions

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Future proofing in highly uncertain times Amortization in real estate frequently exceeds 25 years, comprehensive plans try to shape the future for 10 years, sometimes longer. m ) Rather than there being one likely future that we can frame our plans around, it is only too apparent that there is a wide range of plausible future scenarios.

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