This lecture provided Construction Engineering Management and Architectural Engineering & Design Management students with an introduction to the issue of adaptability in buildings, focusing on the different types of change in the built environment and the design strategies that can be used to accommodate them. It also outlined the motives and obstacles to designing more adaptable buildings, and considered what might need to change for more buildings to be designed to be more adaptable.  The students will be completing coursework assignments which will case study the adaptability of buildings.