Architecture & Design — Climate-responsive design and wildfire resilience dominate new project releases as architects embed environmental adaptation into core building strategies

Architecture & Design · 2026-05-01

Today's developments across ArchDaily and Dezeen reveal a clear throughline: architecture is increasingly shaped by environmental risk and climate adaptation as primary design drivers rather than afterthoughts. Faulkner Architects' Pine Flat Residence in Northern California uses corrugated Corten steel cladding explicitly for wildfire resilience — a material and programmatic choice that would…