This Early Fall, seven of our CBE graduate students from UWLA and Urban Design and Planning joined the UW College of Environment group in Ilulissat, Greenland. Bringing students and researchers to Greenland gives them a real-time view from the forefront …
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Jeffrey Hou of the UW Department of Landscape Architecture Elected to Prestigious American Society of Landscape Architects Council of Fellows
“This year’s class of ASLA Fellows has made outstanding contributions to people’s health, safety, and welfare; environmental sustainability and climate resilience; and stronger communities,” says ASLA President Emily O’Mahoney
Seattle, WA (June 27, 2023) – The American Society of Landscape …
UW’s Green Futures Lab: Building wetlands to sustain salmon
Check out this great video from King County summarizing our Duwamish floating wetland project! The Green Futures Lab strives to create habitat and cleaner waterways through the use of floating wetlands. As Mason says, they’re “nature’s kidneys,” and are highly …
LARCH Professor Jeff Hou and Associate Professor Ken Yocom honored at the 2023 CELA Awards
On March 17th, UW LARCH Professor Jeffrey Hou and Associate Professor Ken Yocom were recognized at the 2023 CELA (Council of Education in Landscape Architecture) Awards Ceremony in San Antonio, TX. Selected from a competitive group of applicants, this official …
Alumni Spotlight: Biruk Belay BLA ’14
This month we are spotlighting landscape architect Biruk Belay (BLA, 2014). He currently lives in Seattle and works at Site Workshop.
UWLA: Could you outline your professional journey between graduation and today?
BB: I graduated with a Bachelors …
End-of-Year Note from the Chair
UW//LA JEDI Newsletter AUT ’22
Our Department JEDI Committee
The 2022-2023 UW//LA Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee includes Lynne Manzo (faculty, CBE Diversity council co-chair), Kat Golladay (second year MLA student, UWASLA JEDI chair), and Jennie Li (staff) as official representatives, with Bernadette …
WASLA: ASLA 2022 National Conference Stipend Recipients
Amy Wagenfeld awarded for ASLA Outstanding Service
Affiliate Associate Professor Amy Wagenfeld received the ASLA Outstanding Service Award this past November at the 2022 ASLA Conference in San Francisco.
After serving as an officer for the ASLA Children’s Outdoor Environments Professional Practice Network, Amy Wagenfeld eventually co-chaired …