# Shadows aren’t always the villain.

*2025*

By [Eduardo Sousa](https://paragraph.com/@eduardosousa) · 2026-05-12

urban, urban-design, high-rise, highrise, climate, toronto, newyork, shadow

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More frequent hot days are making that clearer. Great article:  
  
“We Need to Learn to Love Tall Buildings” [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/opinion/shade-buildings-cities.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/opinion/shade-buildings-cities.html)

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*Originally published on [Eduardo Sousa](https://paragraph.com/@eduardosousa/shadows-arent-always-the-villain)*