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Steve Bourassa Announcing the Chair of the Runstad Department of Real Estate I am excited to share that Steven Bourassa will take on the role of Chair of the Runstad Department of Real Estate. For the past 7 years, he has been Chair of the Department of Urban Design and Planning at … Read More
Three people smiling, where two men are standing and one woman is sitting in a church pew Beloved Communities: College of Built Environments students help historically Black churches survive gentrification Rev. George Davenport Jr. had a vision of using real estate to sustain his church community in its historically Black Central District neighborhood. But while the streets around the church gentrified, he struggled through the complex landscape of zoning laws, … Read More
Interior of Gould Hall Why are condos in Seattle so rare and expensive? The average home in Seattle costs over a million dollars. And now, rising interest rates have made mortgages more expensive. Homebuyers just can’t seem to get a break. Condominiums used to be a gateway to homeownership. Even if you didn’t … Read More
The Husky 100 Two CBE students named to 2022 Husky 100 The University of Washington recognized two students from the College of Built Environments for the 2022 Husky 100. Congratulations to Talia Kertsman and Andrew Hengstler! Talia Kertsman, Community, Environment, and Planning major “I came to the UW seeking … Read More
Woman with long dark hair dressed in black, leaning against a wall made of horizontal planks Mariam Kamara Could Profoundly Change Design Pedagogy Everywhere Mariam Kamara, UW Department of Architecture alumna and Niger-based architect, discusses her revolutionary approaches to architecture pedagogy and design. | Metropolis… Read More
Exterior of Architecture Hall on a summer day on the UW Seattle campus How One Architect’s Radical Ideas About Nature Changed American Cities Forever For those of us who did the majority of our growing up in upper Manhattan, it’s not hyperbolic to say that New York’s Central Park was our backyard. We spent snow days careening down Cedar Hill on our sleds. I … Read More
Interior of Gould Hall CBE welcomes new cohort of faculty In pursuit of our vision for a more just and beautiful world, the College of Built Environments is implementing an important part of our strategic framework: growing our capacity for collaborative interdisciplinary work with the goal of advancing climate solutions. … Read More
A group of people in bright orange life vests in a raft Disaster Management Cooperation in South Asia Assistant Professor in the University of Washington’s Department of Urban Design and Planning Himanshu Grover argues that given the inherent challenges in regional cooperation in South Asia, it is worth exploring what an effective regional disaster response and risk reduction … Read More
Blonde, white woman in dark clothing wearing blue latex medical gloves leaning on a lab counter What the humble clover means for the future of life in cities A global study led by Professor Marina Alberti investigating the impact urbanization has had on white clover shows that the plant is adapting to survive alongside us in Puget Sound. | Crosscut… Read More