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Designed to activate only during extreme events, much of the infrastructure that protects cities was developed using historical hydrological records. Today, rising sea levels and increasingly frequent torrential rains are forcing a reevaluation of systems built for a climate that is no longer predictable.

The completion of the Tower of Jesus Christ brings the Sagrada Família closer to the vision Antoni Gaudí imagined more than a century ago. Its construction has required combining the architect’s legacy with technologies that were unknown when the project was conceived. Now, new challenges lie ahead: completing the project without losing sight of the city that has grown up around it.

For years, archaeologists searched for lost cities through ground excavations. Sarah Parcak decided to look for them from space. Using satellite imagery, this American researcher can detect subtle changes in the landscape that reveal archaeological remains hidden beneath the surface.

Some structures begin where the ground ends. Houses that don’t rest on the earth, temples that seem suspended in mid-air, and buildings that cling to the rock as if they were part of it. In these places, architecture stops expanding and learns to support itself over empty space.