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According to climate predictions, London is expected to experience hotter drier summers and warmer wetter winters over the next three decades, with more frequent extreme events such as heavier rainfalls, alongside other global threats such as sea levels rising. Summer temperatures are predicted to resemble those of Barcelona by 2050 with temperatures in the city as much as 10° higher than in the surrounding countryside due to the urban heat island effect. Is London’s built asset able to cope with changes in weather patterns and temperature? Due we have the right infrastructure in place to deal with extreme rainfalls and flooding? Are our buildings designed to cope well with warmer temperatures? And are we taking climate resilience into consideration when designing and building new places or improving existing ones? . … . … . … . #architecture #architect #drawing #draw #sketch #urbansketcher #urbansketch #urbansketching #penandink #usk #architecturesketch #pencildrawing #illustration #sketching #urbansketchers #watercolor #draw #journalling #traveldrawing #sketchbook #penandink #sketchaday #travel #doodle #doodle #design #pencilsketch #pencil #sketchbook #colouredpencil