Category: Landscape Architecture

Landscape Architecture (41)

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The Environmental Psychology of COVID-19 with Professor Lynne Manzo We are living through a new reality, adjusting to life during a global pandemic. We are all changing our routines, our travel plans, our holiday traditions. For those of us who have been able to keep our jobs through this … Read More

Sensol Project members

SENSOL Crosswalks project selected for Amazon Catalyst Fellowship In July, seven new teams were selected as Amazon Catalyst Fellows. The teams are a mix of UW faculty, students, and staff from eleven departments across campus. Each team received funding to pursue a big idea focused on one … Read More

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Designing for Resilience How a design studio at the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments engaged students in defining strategies for a community to evolve amidst disruptions. Seattle is one of the fastest growing cities in the country– a hub of innovation … Read More

Parks help cities – but only if people use them Written by Thaisa Way, faculty director of Urban@UW and Professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture in the College of Built Environments. In cities, access to parks is strongly linked with better health for both people and neighborhoods. Children … Read More

Landscape Architecture Foundation Perspectives: Jeffrey Hou Jeffrey Hou, ASLA is a professor of landscape architecture at the University of Washington. There, his work and research focus on issues of social and environmental justice including design activism, public space and democracy, and engagement of marginalized groups … Read More