Accessible building design: Making buildings better for all

With hurricane season upon us, an expert at MIT offers insights into the value of investing in what he calls hazard-resistant construction or resilient design. In an interview with U.S. News & World Report, Jeremy Gregory, a research scientist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, looks at the benefits of building structures that can better weather a major storm and concludes that, “While it may be pricier upfront, it can pay off in the long run.”

For decades, documentary films have been chronicling the lives of famous architects and their signature projects, as well as how architecture impacts the world we see and live in, and how design can be stretched beyond the wildest imagination. This week we take a look at architecture films – both past and present – that are worthy of an evening at the movies.

As inclement weather descends upon construction projects across the country, now is a good time…