Our Winter quarter studio “Envisioning Belltown as a 15-minute Neighborhood” led by Affiliate Associate Professor Laure Heland was featured in the April issue of Belltown United. At the Belltown Community Council meeting, CBE students Alex Holbrook (Architecture), Katherine Magee (Landscape Architecture, Urban Design & Planning), Pedro Ramos (Architecture) and Eve Wang (Landscape Architecture) delivered a great presentation of the Studio framework and their design projects. The student team generated stimulating conversations and visions for revitalizing Belltown in the 21st century! To learn more about the students’ work, you can check out their final projects here. …
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BLA Design-Build featured on the Arboretum Foundation Website
Our Woodland Creek Design Build is featured in this season’s Arboretum Foundation newsletter. The graduating class of BLAs did an amazing job renovating the former drainage pipe. To read more great details about the students’ work, check out this article from the Arboretum Foundation website.
UW//LA JEDI Newsletter WIN ’23
UWLA JEDI Committee Updates GGN Firm Tour 3/29 – RSVP BY FRI 3/17! The JEDI committee this quarter has been working in concert with the Professional Advisory Council (PAC) to offer a firm tour with GGN at the beginning of Spring quarter. This is a lead up event to this year’s Out in Front exhibit, which will showcase Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) values in professional practice. Check out the event blurb at the end of this newsletter along…
“It makes you human again”: ‘Sketching as Witness’ at the College of Built Environments
CBE Professor Daniel Winterbottom’s “Sketching as Witness” exhibition shows two and a half years of sketches of sancitoned and unsanctioned encampments around Seattle during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more on Winterbottom’s process and connection to humanity in this feature story in The Daily.
Tim Lehman and Regeneration of the Daybreak Star Property
In 2021, Tim Lehman, a landscape designer of Northern Arapaho descent, was hired to improve drainage conditions on the Daybreak Star property. Learn more in this article from Landscape Architecture Magazine.
Catherine De Almeida in Handbook of Urban Landscape Research
Catherine De Almeida’s book chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Urban Landscape Research (Routledge, 2022) is now available online as an e-book.
Shantol Morgan (BLA 2025) awarded inaugural LAF Ignite Scholarship
We are thrilled to announce Shantol Morgan, BLA 2025, is a recipient of the LAF Ignite Scholarship, joining an inaugural cohort of four students. Congratulations, Shantol!