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Dan Pitera is a political and social activist masquerading as an architect. He is presently the Executive Director of the Detroit Collaborative Design Center at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture. Mr. Pitera co-led the Civic Engagement process for the Detroit Works Long Term Planning initiated by Mayor Bing in 2010. On January 9, 2013, Long Term Planning team released its decision- making framework titled: Detroit Future City. Under his di- rection since 2000, the Detroit Collaborative Design…

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…

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!  

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.    

  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…

UW // LA 2014 Design Build Studio in Seattle is nearing completion! The JCCCW Kintsugi Garden on Weller St. will host an opening dedication on Thursday, June 12th, at 5PM. Come out and support the students and community as they celebrate a beautiful design build project coming to its close.

Spring quarter studio final reviews are coming up! Visitors are welcome. Wednesday, June 4th: Little Saigon: Placemaking & Community Economic Development 2:00-5:00pm LA 503 (Hou) Gould 110 + Gould Court   Friday, June 6th: Visions for the Washington Park Arboretum North Peninsula 2:00-5:00pm LA 303 (Johnson + Yocom) Gould 110 + Gould Court

See the exhibit!  Sunday, May 3 through Wednesday May 7  Gould Court and 3rd Floor walls.

Wed 5/07 | Dept. TeaTalks – Iain Robertson, UWLA | 4:30-5:30pm | Gould 110 Professor Iain Robertson will share about his recent travels to Scotland, England, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, and Iceland. Bring your tea mugs! Yunan tea from China will be served at our last TeaTalk of the year.