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Interior of Gould Hall Lincoln Institute of Land Policy honors UW College of Built Environments faculty, Nehemiah Studio for curriculum on mitigating gentrification The Nehemiah Studio, a UW class on mitigating gentrification in Seattle’s Central District designed by Rachel Berney, Donald King and Al Levine with support from College of Built Environments Dean Renée Cheng, has been honored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. The course supports joint efforts by the college and the Nehemiah Initiative Seattle to train graduate students to help mitigate displacement in Seattle’s Central District. Read More
Side of Life Sciences Building with sun shining on it Life Sciences Building COTE Top Ten Award The Holy Grail for Sustainability: Engaging students in the design of University of Washington’s Life Sciences Building Read More
A memory game made of wood blocks on metal poles with hand painted images Building New Global Connections The UW Landscape Architecture Croatia Design/Build program gives students the unique opportunity to make a lasting, physical impact in their host community. Professor Daniel Winterbottom, an expert in the creation of healing and therapeutic gardens, leads the program. Read More
Maisha and podcast host Seattle Growth Podcast: Finding Community in Public Spaces In this episode of Professor Jeff Shulman's Seattle Growth Podcast, he chats with Maisha Barnett, an alumnus of our college. Maisha Barnett is a public space developer with over a decade of experience shaping community gathering spaces. Read More
Students and judges gather for a photo in front of project board pin-ups Team of UW seniors wins ‘Re-imagining Red Square’ design competition “Re-imagining Red Square” - a design contest that explore the idea of a redesigned Red Square at the UW Seattle Campus - announces the winning team. Read More
Aerial view of the University of Washington campus looking toward Lake Washington UW students face food, housing insecurity, survey shows A survey of food and housing insecurity at the University of Washington’s three campuses shows that an estimated 190 students may lack a stable place to live, and about one-quarter of students have worried recently about having enough to eat. Read More
Meet our College’s 2019 #Husky100 Each year, the Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students from Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma in all areas of study who are making the most of their time at the UW. Meet the three students from the College of Built Environments named to the Husky 100. Read More
Faculty and staff with the Livable City Year program pose with the award for Bellevue Bellevue named national “Outstanding Community Partner” for Livable City Year Partnership In a partnership with the University of Washington expected to generate out-of-the-box solutions to civic challenges, the City of Bellevue has been named Outstanding Community Partner by a national group of universities. Read More
Cardboard model of a building $250,000 gift from NBBJ to the UW College of Built Environments will advance applied research in the built environment NBBJ – a global architecture, planning and design firm – will donate a quarter of a million dollars to establish a ground breaking partnership with the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments. Read More