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Weather-adaptive buildings

Recorded year2012

Façades change shape to shade, ventilate and insulate.

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Built on

Glass curtain wallRecorded · 1952enables
MicroprocessorRecorded · 1971requires
Termite-inspired coolingRecorded · 1996enables

Led to

Buildings that reshape for useForecast · ~2078enables

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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.