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Marty Brennan Alumni Spotlight: Marty Brennan How did you get started in architecture and sustainability? M: I was living in Seattle and working for a local nonprofit, salvaging building materials and trying to keep things out of the landfill. I did that for quite a … Read More
Blue tarps over tents Cause of homelessness? It’s not drugs or mental illness, researchers say SAN DIEGO — Ask just about anyone for their thoughts on what causes homelessness, and you will likely hear drug addiction, mental illness, alcoholism and poverty. A pair of researchers, however, looked at those issues across the country and found … Read More
People standing in Gould court looking at boards with posters - housing, students What Do We Want From Our Next Seattle? Architecture graduate students provide options for dense and diverse housing. | The Urbanist… Read More
Soda bottles and cans on the store shelves Sweetened beverage taxes produce net economic benefits for lower-income communities Sugar-sweetened beverages are a known contributor to several health issues, including poor diet quality, weight gain and diabetes. While several studies have shown that taxing sweetened beverages significantly reduces purchasing, questions have been raised about whether the taxes place a … Read More
UDP visiting scholar Chung Ho standing on a path in front of a building on UW's campus Visiting Scholar: Chung Ho Kim As a visiting scholar in the Department of Urban Design and Planning, Chung Ho Kim has three goals: reconnect, research, and refresh.… Read More
New York city Q&A: New book sheds light on Architecture and democracy through Unitarian churches The history of American Unitarian church architecture is one that’s lesser-known. With this in mind, Ann Marie Borys, associate professor of architecture, wanted to provide context for two extremely highly regarded Unitarian projects of the 20th century that had … Read More
People standing in Gould Court looking at boards ‘Something has to change:’ These architecture students are challenging Seattle’s housing norms The City of Seattle expects to have 1 million residents by the year 2044. That’s about one-third more people than Seattle has right now. We’re having trouble housing the people here now. So where are we going to put all … Read More
EDIFY movie night banner with film strip CBE launches EDIFY event series Our EDIFY event series was established in spring 2022 by the CBE Diversity Council as a way to explore issues around equity, diversity and inclusion in the built environment, through the lens of creative expression.  Our inaugural event for the … Read More
Exterior View Architecture Hall CBE’s visionary programming analysis Looking forward to 2022-2023, the second year of implementing the CBE strategic framework, one of our major projects will be to look at how our college’s virtual and physical spaces and places support our goals, specifically: Embrace inter- and intra-disciplinary … Read More