In the Media

UW Urban Design & Planning Lecturer Bob Frietag provides insight into how climate change is impacting wildfire season and local communities.

The UW Green Futures Lab partnered with local organizations to create the first floating wetland in Seattle, which aims to support struggling urban salmon populations.

In a recent podcast, Vikram Prakash shares details about his new book, "Death of a Modernist", which covers the life of his father and urban architect Aditya Prakash.

The Housing Futures Center (HFC) joins the Eviction Data Response Network (EDRN). In the coming years, EDRN will equip these teams with the technical assistance, financial support, and peer-to-peer learning needed to build data infrastructure and turn eviction data into eviction prevention.

CEE Assistant Professor Travis Thonstad and Professor Michael Motley, partnering with UW Mobility Innovation Center Director Bart Treece and Construction Management Professor Carrie Sturts Dossick, created a virtual replica, also known as a digital twin, of the I-90 Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge to monitor the world's first floating light rail crossing.

Marina Alberti discusses new research on how evolutionary change can strengthen or weaken nature-based solutions, from urban forests to oyster reefs, and what it means for future city planning.

As housing inventory rises across the region, home prices in King and Snohomish counties are beginning to soften. In a recent King 5 story, Steven Bourassa from CBE’s Runstad Department of Real Estate shares insight into what these market shifts could mean for buyers and sellers across the Puget Sound region.

Architecture professors Ken Tadashi Oshima and Robert Hutchison showcase how thoughtful DADU design can create flexible, multigenerational living spaces while addressing Seattle’s housing needs.

The University of Washington launches the Housing Futures Center to advance research, education and partnerships that address housing challenges across Washington.

UW architecture alumna Mariam Issoufou Kamara receives the United Nations Champion of the Earth Entrepreneurial Vision Award for her climate-responsive architecture and sustainable design leadership.