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Adaptability and Flexibility: How to Design for an Unpredictable Future

When the University of South Florida started construction on the Morsani College of Medicine and Heart Institute in 2017, the sum total of medical knowledge in the world doubled every 75 days. By the time the 13-story, $173 million building opened ...

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