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The Landscape Architecture Professional Advisory Council and the University of Washington Department of Landscape Architecture are now accepting entries for the 2015 OUT in FRONT Exhibit. For more information please visit: http://larch.be.washington.edu/gallery/outinfront-2015/

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Winners were announced on April 16 in New York City and will be invited to Rome to pursue their work in experimentation and interdisciplinary exchange.

Daniel Winterbottom and Amy Wagenfeld’s new book Therapeutic Gardens  will be released April 29th! View details.

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…

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…

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,…

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 –…

Lynne Manzo, environmental psychologist and LA faculty, was nominated by students this spring and selected for recognition for her devotion to education and to her students. The Lionel Pries Teaching Award was created by students in the CBE in the mid-1980s, to recognize superior teaching by a faculty member in the College. Congratulations to Lynne for her deserving recognition!

UW LA faculty member Nancy Rottle has been elevated as a fellow in the American Society of Landscape Architects. Her nomination in the Knowledge category recognizes her accomplishments as a researcher and educator. Nancy joins 32 other landscape architects just elevated to the Council of Fellows for 2014. Congratulations Nancy! ASLA Announcement can be found here. Nancy Rottle, of the Green Futures Research and Design Lab and the University of Washington, received her nomination, in Knowledge, from the Washington Chapter….