Professor Emeritus and Founding Director of the UW Green Futures Lab Nancy D. Rottle recently released The Art of Sustainable Stormwater: Designing Blue-Green Cities, which explores ways to transform stormwater engineering into design for ecological and multi-functional urban spaces.
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Rooted in the senses, designed for all: the future of therapeutic recreation
Affiliate Associate Professor Amy Wagenfeld discusses the benefits and future of therapeutic landscape design and recreation in an article with Parks & Recreation Magazine.
UW Green Futures Lab develops floating wetland to support struggling salmon populations
The UW Green Futures Lab partnered with local organizations to create the first floating wetland in Seattle, which aims to support struggling urban salmon populations.
UW’s Daniel Winterbottom discusses the evolving role of therapeutic gardens
Landscape architecture professor Daniel Winterbottom discusses the expanded edition of Therapeutic Gardens and the growing role of healing landscapes in healthcare, communities and beyond.
Two UW Students Nominated as 2025 LAF Olmsted Scholars
Congratulations to Sarah Chu (MLA ’25) and Hadley Masiel (BLA ’25) on their nomination as 2025 Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) Olmsted Scholars!
David Godshall + Dani VonLehe PAC Spring Lecture April 2025
Join us in thanking David Godshall and Danielle VonLehe for presenting the 2025 PAC Spring Lecture! A massive thank you to David Godshall and Danielle VonLehe of TERREMOTO for taking the time to not only give this year’s lecture, but also visit our advanced studios and give feedback on student projects! Thank you to everyone who attended our 2025 PAC Spring Lecture: Doing Right by Land and Each Other; Gardens for the Next World. A big THANK YOU to our…
UWLA Affiliate Amy Wagenfeld launches the Learning Network of the Nature and Health Alliance
Affiliate Landscape Architecture Faculty Amy Wagenfeld along with Co-Director Wesley Tate, MD, and Program Director, Amelia Dupuis, are thrilled to announce the launch of The Learning Network of the Nature and Health Alliance. Funded by the REI Cooperative Action Fund REI Cooperative Action Fund, The Learning Network of the Nature and Health Alliance is an open source digital archive of case studies that demonstrate successful strategies for implementing designs and programs that increase access to high quality nature and…
Green Futures Lab Students Win Climate Solutions Prize
Did you know that UW Green Futures Lab Scan Design Interns won one of the two Climate Solutions prizes, as part of CBE’s Climate Solutions symposium this past spring?! There were over 40 entries and Constantine Chrisafis’ (MLA/MUP ’25) posters describing our Designing the Climate Responsible City project and publication won the prize in the Communications category. The content and graphics included Erin Irby’s and Sarah Lukin’s (both MLA ’23) research and design from 2022-23, and added Constantine’s and Briana Weeke’s (MUP ’24) investigation and communications from this…
Wapato Pond Opening at UW Farm
Overview of the new wapato pond at the UW Farm designed and built by MLA student Kove Janeski.
UW Earthlab Announces 2024-25 Innovation Grants Projects: JC3 and Collaborators Chosen for Feasibility Report in South Park for Biodigester
EarthLab has announced that five community-centered teams have been selected for the 2024-25 Innovation Grants program. The UW // LA department’s own Catherine De Almeida (Associate Professor) will be the Principal Investigator on one of the chosen teams, along with Graduate Student Assistant Sarah Chu (MLA ’25). Each team will receive $80,000 to research and develop new and actionable knowledge on community-driven projects at the intersection of climate change and social justice. To date, EarthLab has awarded nearly two million dollars in Innovation Grant funding to 29 transdisciplinary teams across five cohorts.