Peter Wiederspahn associate professor of architecture p.wiederspahn@northeastern.edu 617.373.4538 Expertise Peter Wiederspahn for Northeastern Global News These Northeastern researchers want to change architecture so new buildings last longer These Northeastern researchers want to change architecture so new buildings last longer Peter Wiederspahn, Michelle Laboy, and David Fannon, faculty in Northeastern’s School of Architecture, have focused their recent research on “future-use architecture,” the practice of designing buildings that can house any number of uses beyond their original intent.