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…
Category: Honors and Awards
2024 Student Showcase: WASLA Awards and Capstone presentations
As we look back on the 2023-24 school year, we reflect with pride on the amazing work our students have produced.
Announcing our 2024 WASLA Award Winners
At long last, we would like to thank everyone who submitted their work to the WASLA Awards this year. We appreciate your participation during such a busy year and spring quarter!
UWLA Students Awarded Top Pacific Horticulture Design Futurist Prize
by Chris Copeland (MLA 2025) In the summer of 2023, Pacific Horticulture held a design competition to support new planting ideas for Pioneer Park in San Francisco, CA. Working with an historic site like Coit Tower, which can attract up to one hundred and fifty thousand visitors per year, our team wanted to use this opportunity to draw attention to the historic ecosystems of California. These communities of plants and animals are iconic and beloved. However, in a changing and increasingly…
Jeffrey Hou of the UW Department of Landscape Architecture Elected to Prestigious American Society of Landscape Architects Council of Fellows
The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) announced the election of Jeffrey Hou, Ph.D. of the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Washington, Seattle as one of 48 ASLA Fellows.
LARCH Professor Jeff Hou and Associate Professor Ken Yocom honored at the 2023 CELA Awards
We are so grateful to congratulate UW LARCH Professor Jeffrey Hou and Assoc. Professor Ken Yocom on their 2023 CELA Award recognitions; read their testimonies and award details here.
Shantol Morgan (BLA 2025) awarded inaugural LAF Ignite Scholarship
We are thrilled to announce Shantol Morgan, BLA 2025, is a recipient of the LAF Ignite Scholarship, joining an inaugural cohort of four students. Congratulations, Shantol!
Amy Wagenfeld awarded for ASLA Outstanding Service
Congratulations to Amy Wagenfeld, affiliate associate professor, who received the ASLA Outstanding Service Award this past November at the 2022 ASLA Conference in San Francisco.
Jeff Hou’s Research Recognized by Office of Global Affairs
In 2019, Jeff Hou received a Global Innovation Fund Research Award to explore how youth are engaging in social action and creative space-making in East Asia. Hou used the funding to host a three-day online workshop with special guests from the U.S. and East Asia to explore and share knowledge on current social movements across East Asia that reflect a desire for alternatives to the current socio-economic and socio-cultural structures, from social startups and new communal spaces to alternative economic…
Mikyoung Kim Design, UW alums, Recipient of ASLA Firm of the Year Award
The American Society of Landscape Architects recently awarded Mikyoung Kim Design the Firm of the Year Award, the highest honor that the ASLA bestows on a landscape architecture firm. Congratulations to UW alums, Associate Principal Bryan Chou (CEP ‘ 02) and Associate Jess Hamilton (MLA ’17)! Mikyoung Kim Press Release Boston, Massachusetts August 2, 2022 Mikyoung Kim Design is this year’s recipient of the Firm of the Year award from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) which is…