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Detroit Future City Panel

Detroit Future City: Design for Rapid Change Please join the University of Washington’s Department of Landscape Architecture and Professional Advisory Committee, ARCADE, the UW Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies, and UW Department of Urban Design and Planning at the Frye Art Museum for a panel discussion on Detroit with thought leaders who are at the heart of the city’s transformation and revival. Detroit provides a means to study fundamental urban transformation and innovation that comes from both the top down and…

DI Ranking 2015 – MLA No. 3

The Department of Landscape Architecture’s MLA graduate degree program was ranked third in the nation in the Deans Survey by DesignIntelligence of most admired graduate landscape architecture programs “for its forward thinking and focus on urban ecological design.”  The survey compiled the responses of 42 Landscape Architecture Deans and Department Heads, gathering their opinions about programs in their own institutions as well as others across the country.  The Department was ranked fifth in 2014. Thanks for everyone’s effort in the continued success…

Tea Talk: Richard Hartlage, The Work of Land Morphology, Nov 5th at 4:30

Richard Hartlage will present the work of Land Morphology a design-based practice specializing in residential, commercial, and public projects on both coasts.  They are interested in the intersection between built form, great planting design, and artful landforms and objects. Projects presented will include Chihuly Gardens and Glass, In Situ Estate, and the Seattle Opera floral installations. The TeaTalk will take place at 4:30PM on Wednesday, November 5th in Gould 322. Bring your tea mugs!  

Green Futures Lab promotes Regional Open Space Strategy with new website

The Green Futures Lab is thrilled to unveil OpenSpacePugetSound.org, the new website for the Regional Open Space Strategy (ROSS). With interest in the ROSS continuing to grow, we designed the website to help public and private sector politicians, planners, and policy professionals understand the initiative. You can learn about the purpose of the ROSS, our work defining the many benefits of open space and ecosystem services, and our committee structure and partners. Of course if you are looking for reports…

Tea Talk: Kara Weaver + Jordan Bell (GGN), Pike Pine Renaissance, Oct 15th at 4:30

Kara Weaver (BLA 2005) and Jordan Bell (MLA 2012) of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) will present the Pike-Pine Renaissance project, a system of streetscape design guidelines for Downtown Seattle. GGN proposes a rediscovery of simple urban street standards to create an elegant, timeless base for ever-changing street life and installations. The TeaTalk will take place at 4:30PM on Wednesday, October 15th in Gould 322. Bring your tea mugs! Download the flier as a PDF.    

2014 UW Graduate School Distinguished Thesis Award to Betsy Anderson

Congratulations to Betsy Anderson (MLA ’14) for receiving the 2014 UW Graduate School Distinguished Thesis Award!  Graphics from her thesis entitled “Deconstructing Hydrologies: Reviving the memory of water in Dumbarton Oaks Park” can be viewed here. Thesis Advisors:  Thaisa Way (chair), Ken Yocom, and John Findlay (History) Thesis Abstract: The collision of stormwater and cultural landscape exposes shortcomings in our interpretation and stewardship of historic designed places. Another look at Beatrix Farrand’s 1922 naturalistic garden, now a national park unit in Washington,…

UW//LA Students Win ASLA Honors in Three Categories

ASLA has awarded our department Honors Awards in three categories this year!  Check it out: Communications – Honor Award Adaptive Streets: Strategies for Transforming the Urban Right-of-Way by Mike Schwindeller + Jordan Lewis | Faculty Advisor: Nancy Rottle [full booklet] Student Collaboration – Honor Award Gardens, Greenspace and Health in Eliseo Collazos, Lima, Peru by Brooke Alford, Leanne Andrews, Shara Feld, Gayna Nakajo, Rekha Ravindran, Francisca Salazar | Faculty Advisors: Ben Spencer, Susan Bolton, & Joachim Voss Community Service –…

UW//LA Departmental Lecture | Rainer Schmidt, Technical University Berlin

  Mon 9/29 | UW//LA  Autumn Quarter Departmental Lecture Rainer Schmidt, RSLA GmbH Working from Location 6:00 pm | Gould 322 Rainer Schmidt reports on his work, pointing to the global needs and local reaches of landscape architecture in the projects of RSLA GmbH Landscape Architects and Urban Planners. These projects show complex, innovative answers to regionally and locally very specific conditions, tracing history and telling the story of place in a new way. Rainer Schmidt has served as Professor for…