Urban Ecological Design
Our department is committed to leading an interdisciplinary approach to explore, examine and further Urban Ecological Design through our research, teaching and service. Explore our program pillars, research, and community engagement.
Design Sustainable Environments
Our new Environmental Design and Sustainability degree teaches you how to envision healthy, just, resilient communities that support both people and nature. It’s open to all students with no prerequisites or portfolio required.
Autumn 2025 Design Studio Final Reviews
Join us for the upcoming Autumn 2025 Design Studios Final Reviews!
The Burke Meadow Team & Student Volunteers Plant 1,500 Native Bulbs, Plugs & Bare Roots
The Burke Meadow team, including CBE graduate students Eric Alipio and Marina Figueroa-Rowen, and undergraduates Jazzmyn Witrell (CBE), Kaydance Levesque (SEFS), and Kennedy Stone (Biology) recently planted over 1,500 native bulbs, plugs, and bare roots with help from student volunteers in the College of the Built Environment, the School of Environmental and Forestry Sciences, as…
Congratulations to UW 2025 ASLA Award Winners
Congratulations to the Design Build Class of 2024 and Professor Daniel Winterbottom for receiving the 2025 ASLA Student Award of Excellence in Community Design. Their project, Stimulating the Senses: A Calming Retreat in a Skilled Nursing Setting, transformed the outdoor environment at Kline Galland Skilled Nursing Facility. Over two quarters, students engaged with staff and…
MLA & MLA/MARCH Autumn '25 Capstone Presentations
Join us Thursday, November 6th, between 11:30AM & 2:00PM, in Gould Court & Gould 100 for the first capstone project presentation for the MLA and dual major (MLA/MARCH) students. Guest reviewers will be providing feedback and engaging students in conversation around the strength of the proposed project, future project plans, and more!
Growing Food + Community: Youth Agriculture as Resilience
This Landscape Architecture Advanced Studio addressed design of urban agriculture that centers youth learning and agency to advance food justice and resilience in a changing climate.
Landscape Architecture Alumnus Becomes Seattle’s First Indigenous Planner
Tim Lehman (’06, ’16) became Seattle’s first Indigenous planning strategist. Read about how his UW journey led to a career in community-rooted design.
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