Four home designs for climate resiliency

A growing number of developers and architects are pressure-testing home designs that can withstand hurricanes, wildfires and other climate shocks

by COCO LIU & GRACE HUANG

IN THE past year alone, floods washed away nearly one million houses in Pakistan, heat waves killed hundreds of people in under-air-conditioned London and Hurricane Ian tore apart homes along the US East Coast. From record-breaking temperatures to wildfires and gale-force winds, housing all over the world is being put to the test by a changing climate.