How Will Architecture Change as the World Gets Hotter?

For the past 150 years, the two cities where I live—New York and Vienna—have been waging epic battles against the sunless spaces that often characterized tenement interiors, as well as parks and streets cast in the shadows of skyscrapers. The legacy of this conflict is visible in the physical character of these two cities, from the plans of apartment buildings to the setbacks on commercial architecture. Today, many architects still define their work by its capacity to provide transpa