2025 MLA Capstone Projects are Live!
The 2025 MLA Capstone Studio Gallery is now live on our Portfolio page. Please use the link below to read and learn more about this year’s graduating MLA Class Capstone Studio: Design Manifestos For …
Category: Student Projects
Visioning with Clean Greens and iUrban Teen Youth Gardens
PROJECT PRESENTATIONS + CONVERSATIONS | WEDNESDAY 12.4 | RAINIER BEACH URBAN FARM + WETLANDS
This year our LA 404 studio addressed the design of urban agriculture that centers youth learning and agency to advance food justice and resilience in a …
Kline Galland Quint Family Sensory Garden Celebration
On June 6th, 2024, Kline Galland community members and staff gathered with our 2024 UWLA Design Build students and families to dedicate the Quint Family Sensory Garden. This is the second of two courtyard gardens at the KlineGalland …
2024 Student Showcase: WASLA Awards and Capstone presentations
As we reflect on the 2023-24 academic year, we are excited to celebrate the coursework of our talented students!
In case you missed it, we have compiled the full presentations of our amazing graduate student capstone studio, as well …
Furniture For Keeps: A New Approach to Sustainable Furniture Fabrication
During Autumn 2023, the Furniture Studio took a new approach to furniture fabrication. Rather than the traditional approach of having students purchase virgin lumber, UW Landscape Architecture chose to source lumber from the UW Salvage Wood Program for this year’s …
Just Circular Communities
Just Circular Communities (JCC) is an interdisciplinary collaborative that seeks to envision and implement localized, regenerative, and community-driven circular systems for a Just Transition – by, with, and for Frontline communities. At the University of Washington, College of Built Environments, …
Visiting Georgetown’s Innovative Wet Weather Treatment Facilities
On Wednesday, January 24th, the Seattle 2030 District, which is part of the larger 2030 Districts Network, hosted a tour of the Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station (WWTS). The Seattle network of districts is a private-public partnership composed of …
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
… Kove Janeseki featured in UW Farm Weekly Newsletter (10.11.23)
Around The Farm
by Kove Janeski, Masters of Landscape Architecture, Farm Staff
UW Farm Cultivates Quinoa
The UW Farm has been experimenting with cereal cultivation this growing season: we have grown and are processing multiple wheat varieties at the Center …
BLA Design-Build featured on the Arboretum Foundation Website
Our Winter Quarter Design Build is finally complete! The graduating class of BLAs did an amazing job renovating the Woodland Creek within the Arboretum.
More details and before/after photos of the students’ work can be found online at the Arboretum …