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Congratulations to Professor Emerita, Thaïsa Way, who was recently appointed as director of University of British Columbia’s School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture! Professor Way will begin her 5-year term on January 1st, 2026.   Dr. Way is currently the Director of Garden and Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, where she leads the Democracy and Landscape: Race, Identity, and Difference Initiative. She is a Visiting Professor of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and is Professor…

Join us this week (5/5-5/7) for UWLA students capstone and thesis presentations! Please find the presentation schedules attached You can also view the project posters outside LA Department Office, room 348.   LA 702 Capstone Studio Review: May 5 and May 7 Design Manifestos For the End of Capitalism: Speculative Visions + Narrative landscapes for a Changing Climate UW//LA Thesis + Group Project Capstone Presentations: May 6 Read the Full Thesis Abstracts HERE: SP2025MLA-MAY6-SCHEDULE+ABSTRACTS      

Join us in congratulating Camille Forest (MLA ’25) in being recognized by the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture’s (CELA) as a 2025 Finalist in the Fountain Scholar Program! The Council for Educators in Landscape Architecture’s (CELA) Fountain Scholar Program recognizes and supports Black, Indigenous, and people of color in landscape architecture with exceptional design skills and who use their skills and ideas to influence, communicate, lead, and advance design solutions for contemporary issues. The winners and finalists were selected…

Join us in thanking David Godshall and Danielle VonLehe for presenting the 2025 PAC Spring Lecture! A massive thank you to David Godshall and Danielle VonLehe of TERREMOTO for taking the time to not only give this year’s lecture, but also visit our advanced studios and give feedback on student projects! Thank you to everyone who attended our 2025 PAC Spring Lecture: Doing Right by Land and Each Other; Gardens for the Next World.  A big THANK YOU to our…

University of Washington Landscape Architecture Professor Daniel Winterbottom recently shared his experiences of sketching unhoused populations and overlooked urban environments with Bill Russell of Illustrated Journalism. Professor Winterbottom includes eye-opening stories discussing his interactions with our most vulnerable and often overlooked communities, as well as his process in documenting their spaces, and the current state of support for unhoused populations in Seattle and the United States. Please continue to the link below to view the full collection of Professor Winterbottom’s…

Registration Extended: Showcase Your Work in Out/In/Front Exhibition Registration Deadline Now March 27th! Showcase your work in Out/In/Front: Small-Scale Interventions, a bi-annual exhibition celebrating excellence in landscape architecture. This showcase features projects making significant impact despite modest scale—whether through built work, design process, or speculative research. Join us for this unique opportunity expand your professional network and exchange ideas that will influence the future of landscape architecture. LEARN MORE & REGISTER Submission Registration: Deadline extended to March 27th Opening Reception: Wednesday, May 7, 2025…

As Winter Quarter 2025 begins to wrap up, we have a packed schedule of student work being showcased in the next two weeks! Be sure to catch as many presentations as possible and support our extremely hardworking students!

Drawing in Design Winter 2025 Retrospective Thank you to Leah Aegerter for a fantastic lecture and successful Winter 2025 Drawing in Design Workshop! Students explored paper-making and sculptural techniques during this weekend-long workshop, and produced incredible work. Their work will be on display in the 3rd floor balcony next to the BE Library for the remainder of Winter Quarter. See the images below documenting some of the process involved in the workshop and the students who spent their weekend working…

MLA/MUP student Eric Alipio recently shared his thoughts on the UW Native Garden on the UW Farm’s newsletter, “The weekly Dirt.” Eric outlines the recent and pre-colonial history of the Native Garden, the relationship between the UW Farm and the Native Garden, and hope for the future of this important space. On top of a busy schedule studying Landscape Architecture, Eric works hard as Student Assistant at the Burke Museum, who will co-steward the Native Garden with the wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ -Intellectual…

Deadlines are fast approaching for several exciting study abroad opportunities upcoming this Summer and Autumn Quarters through the UW Landscape Architecture Department! Please visit our study abroad page (below) for a comprehensive breakdown of each program with links to application portals and information sessions.   AUTUMN 2025: ROME Landscape Architecture in Rome: Speculative Histories, Imagined Futures EARLY AUTUMN 2025: DENMARK Landscape Architecture & Ecological Urbanism in Denmark: Scan Design Interdisciplinary Ecological Design Study Tour & Studio   SUMMER 2025 (A Term): SWEDEN The Floating…