Building a future with climate-conscious architecture

In 2011, an EF-5 tornado ripped through Joplin, Missouri, claiming 161 lives. Almost immediately researchers like Marc Levitan, from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, began working to understand why it was so devastating. The results of that investigation are now being implemented into building codes around the world. And the result is that we’re more ready for the next huge twister.

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Building a future with climate-conscious architecture is an episode from UnDisciplined by UPR Utah Public Radio.

This episode is 25:55 long.

This episode was published on Mar 19, 2026.

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