All (247) Alumni & Partners (34)Architecture (77)Climate (32)Construction Management (30)Dean (18)Faculty (69)Honors & Awards (33)In the Media (81)Landscape Architecture (43)News (57)Real Estate (36)Research (50)Students (50)Urban Design & Planning (46) Research (50) Is homelessness a housing problem? Two Seattle experts make their case in new book There’s a big problem when it comes to fixing homelessness: The research-backed solution is not always the one the public agrees with. Gregg Colburn, assistant professor of real estate, is quoted and his new book is discussed. | The Seattle Times Read More Urbanization is driving evolution of plants globally, study finds Humans re-shape the environments where they live, with cities being among the most profoundly transformed environments on Earth. New research now shows that these urban environments are altering the way life evolves. Marina Alberti, professor of urban design and planning, and the Urban Ecology Research Lab's research is highlighted. | UW News Read More The Making of the Mountlake Recreation Pavilion The Mountlake Terrace Recreation Pavilion is an iconic public recreational facility that provides entertainment and activities for people of all ages. Tyler Sprague, associate professor of architecture at the University of Washington, provides insight on how the structure came to be. Read More An online world that doesn’t destroy the real one Three groups of student designers led by UW CBE faculty Drs. Julie Kriegh, Chris Lee and Jan Whittington took on a near-impossible challenge: low-carbon server farms. Read More The need for more equitable fare enforcement Master of Urban Planning Graduate, Isis Moon Gamble, dove into equity and access within the King County transit system in her thesis research, and we sat down with her to learn more. Read More Entombed in the Landscape: Waste with Assistant Professor Catherine De Almeida Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Catherine De Almeida remembers picking up trash on the playground, seeing people throw trash out their car window, and noticing trash flying around while she played outside as a child. The presence of litter in landscapes upset her so much that she would spend her elementary school recesses picking up trash. Read More The internet is killing the environment. These students came up with a brilliant design fix To reduce the carbon footprint of the internet, students partner with Google and Microsoft to rethink the world’s data centers. Read More 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 economic crash, we have had to adapt to a new working environment, working from our homes. Some of us have transformed our homes to accommodate remote learning, and others have moved to be closer to family. Whatever your current living situation is, it’s almost assuredly different than it was a year ago. Read More Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative Wins $1M Grant The Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative and Co-PI’s Mark Jarzombek and Vikram Prakash are happy to announce its receipt of funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This $1,000,000.00, three year award will allow GAHTC to fund the production of teaching modules, as well as Teacher-to-Teacher Workshops and Global Connections Fellowships. Read More Search Results Navigation Page 01 02 03 04 05 06
