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A white flower with the sky as the background UW Resilience Lab aims to change campus culture toward compassion and mindfulness Brooke Sullivan, lecturer in the department of landscape architecture, is using a Resilience Lab seed grant to bring the compassion work to the College of Built Environments. She is also helping support compassion and mindfulness at Friday Harbor Labs and is participating in the cross-campus community of practice. Read More
12 Talents Shaping the Design World Minjae Kim, furniture designer and Department of Architecture alum, was named as one of the 12 talents shaping the design world. Read More
What Does DEI Have to Do with Architecture? Dean Renee Cheng joined ARCHITECT magazine podcast with consultant Nancy Alexander and Perkins&Will principal Gabrielle Bullock to discuss common myths and questions about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Read More
Row of 3 houses Interdisciplinary course helps empower the local community Donald King, FAIA, an affiliate professor of architecture and president and CEO of the Nehemiah Initiative Seattle; Rachel Berney, Ph.D., an associate professor of urban design and planning; and Al Levine, an affiliate instructor of real estate. Aaron Fairchild, the CEO and co-founder of Green Canopy and the Nehemiah Initiative talked with Civil Engineering about the McKinley Futures Nehemiah Studio. Read More
Blue tarps over tents PODCAST | Why is Homelessness so Visible in Big West Coast Cities Right now? Gregg Colburn, assistant professor of real estate, joined 'Top of Mind with Julie Rose' to talk homelessness and housing and his upcoming book “Homelessness is a Housing Problem.” Read More
Iain Robertson standing in the Seattle Japanese Garden holding a scroll In Memoriam: Iain Robertson We are saddened to share that Associate Professor Emeritus, Iain Robertson, passed away on July 27, 2021, at the age of 73. Read More
Interior of Gould Hall Lincoln Institute of Land Policy honors UW College of Built Environments faculty, Nehemiah Studio for curriculum on mitigating gentrification The Nehemiah Studio, a UW class on mitigating gentrification in Seattle’s Central District designed by Rachel Berney, Donald King and Al Levine with support from College of Built Environments Dean Renée Cheng, has been honored by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. The course supports joint efforts by the college and the Nehemiah Initiative Seattle to train graduate students to help mitigate displacement in Seattle’s Central District. Read More
Row of 3 houses Using Afrofuturism principles to keep, grow Black culture in Seattle’s Central District Seattle’s Central District once was a Black neighborhood. New arrivals and rising property values have pushed African Americans out, but many who have stayed hope to preserve and grow the Black culture that remains. Donald King, professor of architecture, spoke with KNKX All Things Considered. Read More
In Memoriam: Grant Richard Jones, FASLA Acclaimed landscape architect and University of Washington graduate Grant Richard Jones, FASLA, passed away on Monday, June 21, at the age of 82. He gained fame for his many innovations that shaped and broadened the practice of landscape architecture. Read More