{"id":70589,"date":"2025-11-17T20:08:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T01:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/?p=70589"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:01:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:01:28","slug":"soa-director-is-national-disaster-resilience-conference-keynote-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/2025\/11\/17\/soa-director-is-national-disaster-resilience-conference-keynote-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"SoA Director is National Disaster Resilience Conference Keynote Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cws.charlotte.edu\/backup-coaa\/people\/blaine-brownell\/\">Blaine Brownell<\/a>, director of the David R. 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Inspired by Nassim Nicholas Taleb\u2019s 2012 book, \u201cAntifragile,\u201d Brownell\u2019s address will present strategies for dynamic architecture that not only endures disaster, but can actually become stronger under stress or renewed in its aftermath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brownell, FAIA, is an architect and researcher of emergent materials and sustainable building technologies. He has written nine books on advanced and sustainable materials for architecture and design, including \u201cMatter in the Floating World,\u201d \u201cMaterial Strategies,\u201d and the four-volume \u201cTransmaterial\u201d series. 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