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2025 MLA Capstone Galleries: Explore Now

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 The End Of Capitalism.   2025 MLA Thesis Projects are Live Now! The 2025 MLA Thesis 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…

Thaïsa Way appointed as Director of UBC SALA

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…

MLA Capstone/Thesis Presentations Spring 2025

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      

2025 Fountain Scholar Finalist – Camille Forest (MLA ’25)

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…

David Godshall + Dani VonLehe PAC Spring Lecture April 2025

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…

Professor Daniel Winterbottom on Depicting the Unhoused

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…

Out/In/Front 2025 Registration Extended!

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…