Strengthen your ability to integrate resilience into practice by strategically applying codes, regulations, and rating systems.

As climate-related hazards increase, minimum code compliance is no longer sufficient. This course explores the current regulatory landscape, identifies gaps in conventional approaches, and empowers licensed architects and design professionals to make informed, proactive decisions across all project phases—from pre-design to construction administration.

Through practical examples, case studies, and analysis of existing and emerging standards, you’ll gain the tools to advocate for smarter land use, apply hazard mitigation codes, and leverage building rating systems to enhance both resilience and sustainability outcomes.

Learn how to conduct building-scale vulnerability assessments that support resilient, climate-adaptive design. This course equips architects and design professionals with a 10-step process for conducting vulnerability assessments to evaluate hazard exposure, identify critical vulnerabilities, and develop effective mitigation strategies.

Using practical examples and a structured approach, you'll assess system performance under risk, quantify hazard loads, and develop solution “menus” aligned with project goals, functional priorities, and feasibility. Topics include hazard identification, vulnerable components, external dependencies, and compound risk.

By the end of the course, you’ll be prepared to lead or support vulnerability assessments for a wide range of building types, translating risk into actionable design decisions.

Thoughtfully tailored for licensed architects and architectural designers, this course equips you with the knowledge and tools to anticipate risk in the built environment and implement performance-based solutions that protect people, structures, and communities.

You’ll explore the core principles of hazard mitigation and learn design strategies for specific threats—such as flooding, high winds, wildfires, extreme temperatures, drought, and seismic activity—while emphasizing the importance of early, proactive planning. Each step is structured to ensure a deep understanding of how resilient design is embedded into every stage of the design process.

Engaging learning elements like practical exercises, expert interviews, interactive reflection prompts, and real-life case studies make this course both informative and applicable to your practice.

Deepen your expertise in resilience by learning how to assess vulnerabilities in existing buildings, respond to evolving resilience standards, and implement hazard mitigation into everyday design decisions.

Explore the fundamentals of hazard mitigation and retrofit strategies for specific hazards, including flooding, wind, wildfire, extreme heat, drought, and seismic activity, while addressing the unique challenges of historic structures. Each step is structured to ensure a deep understanding of how to assess vulnerabilities and implement targeted retrofit solutions that enhance safety, performance, and durability.

Expert insights, real-world case studies, interactive knowledge checks, and workbook-based reflection activities make your learning experience engaging, practical, and directly applicable to professional practice.

As climate hazards grow more frequent and severe, resilient design has become a professional, ethical, and business imperative. This course equips licensed architects with the frameworks, data, and strategies to address resilience through the lenses of risk management, long-term value, and economic opportunity.

Participants will learn to evaluate hazard risk based on ownership type and geography, communicate effectively with clients about exposure, and leverage cost-benefit analysis and financial incentives to support resilient outcomes. Real-world case studies, performance tools, and updated guidance from FEMA, NIBS, and ULI provide practical frameworks to help architects enhance life safety, reduce liability, and demonstrate the long-term value of resilient design.