Category: Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture (44)

Aerial view of empty lot near the Othello Commons

Student Research: Tactical Shade for Seattle’s Urban Heat Seattle’s hottest neighborhoods are often its most underserved. In her dual-degree thesis, Clelie Fielding (MLA/MUP ’24) explores how temporary, low-cost shade installations can reduce extreme urban heat while advancing climate equity and community resilience. Read More

Fall trees on UW campus

Jade Orr Joins CBE Faculty The College of Built Environments welcomes Assistant Professor Jade Orr to the Department of Landscape Architecture. Her research explores how design, planning, and policy shape public space and democracy. Read More

Three people working together outside. Lehman and others work to retrofit urban shorelines with sweetgrass — a plant with cultural significance for many Indigenous communities — to improve water quality, increase salmon habitat and restore keystone species.

Tim Lehman: Seattle’s First Indigenous Planning Strategist Tim Lehman’s path from teen masonry worker to Seattle’s first Indigenous planner began at UW, where a love for design and justice shaped his career. His work now centers Native voices in the built environment through equity-driven urban planning. Read More

Plants and flowers grow by a dry stream bed in Seatac, Washington.

BA in Environmental Design & Sustainability Launches at UW The College of Built Environments has launched a new undergraduate degree—the Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design and Sustainability (BA EDS)—to meet growing demand for climate-focused design education. Read More

looking up at a circle structure

Healing Through Design Unveiled at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, Professor Daniel Winterbottom’s Negotiating the Boundaries of Legitimacy invites visitors to confront exclusion and rediscover connection through movement, material, and memory. Read More

bees on flower

Strength Through Community New John and Rosalind Jacobi Family Endowed Dean Ken Yocom shares a message of care, creativity, and our shared path forward. Read More

Bird in bush with green background.

CBE Ph.D. Student Wins Sustainability Award Two visionary efforts—bird-safe campus design and Indigenous-led meadow restoration—earned top honors in the 2025 Husky Sustainability Awards. Read More

graduates

Congratulations, Class of 2025! We are proud to celebrate a remarkable group of architects, planners, designers, developers, and builders who have embodied care, collaboration, and responsibility. Read More

Architecture Hall at the University of Washington, showcasing its iconic architecture with a blend of historic and modern design elements.

CBE Roll of Honor Announced This year's distinguished honorees are Ms. L. Jane Hastings, Mr. Benjamin F. McAdoo, Jr., Professor David E. Miller, and Professor Anne Vernez Moudon. Read More