Community-engaged architecture capstone studio

Grant funded project addresses social, environmental climate change issues in Colorado

April 10, 2023

Teaching Assistant Professor Susan Atkinson, Chris Hamilton and Erica Hung–two recent ENVD graduates–presented their interdisciplinary collaboaration at the Art + Science + Action Partnerships Celebration on March 22. The event was sponsored by the CU Â鶹¹ÙÍø Office for Outreach and Engagement and the Â鶹¹ÙÍø County Arts Alliance (BCAA).

Student work exhibited at Art Parts Creative Reuse Center

Local non-profit exhibits first-year studio designs

March 13, 2023

Six student projects are on display at the Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, a Â鶹¹ÙÍø non-profit creative reuse center.

Parking garages and parking lots – like these pictured in downtown Chicago in a 1956 aerial photograph – became a core feature of 20th-century U.S. urban development. Chicago History Museum/Getty Images

City planners are questioning the point of parking garages

Feb. 20, 2023

Two assumptions undergird urban parking policy: Without convenient parking, car owners would be reluctant to patronize businesses; and absent a dedicated parking spot for their vehicle, they’d be less likely to rent and buy homes. Because parcels of urban land are usually small and pricey, developers will build multistory garages. And so today, a glut of these bulky concrete boxes clutter America’s densely populated cities.

ENVD laser cut acrylic buffalo award

ENVD Scholarship Committee Announces 2023-2024 Research Award Recipients

Feb. 13, 2023

The Environmental Design Scholarship Committee is proud to announce the 2023-2024 winners of the ENVD Research Award. The ENVD Research Award financially assists with senior-level ENVD honors and capstone projects. Congratulations to ENVD students Ellie Muncy and Ainsley McElwee!

ASLA students and faculty in San Francisco

Landscape architecture students, faculty attend ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture

Jan. 27, 2023

The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) conference was held Nov. 11-14, 2022, in San Francisco. There was a record turnout in attendees from Environmental Design.

Isabella Marcotulli with BIG sign

A Perspective on Urban Design and Being a Woman in the Design Workplace from Isabella Marcotulli with the Bjarke Ingels Group in New York

Jan. 23, 2023

Lydia Mercante, a third-year Environmental Design (ENVD) student majoring in sustainable planning and urban design, spent the summer of 2022 meeting with various design professionals in New York City to learn more about the industry to share with other students.

John Hersey, Source Plantizen Courses

ENVD Teaching Assistant Professor instructs most popular Planetizen course of 2022

Jan. 17, 2023

Specializing in transit-oriented development (TOD) since his undergraduate studies, Hersey was well prepared to present an introduction to the sustainable growth model as well as a deeper dive into TOD’s interaction with affordable housing. The latter course, Equitable Transit-Oriented Development, was among Planetizen Courses’ most popular classes of 2022.

ENVD Open House 2022

ENVD celebrates design, research accomplishments

Dec. 14, 2022

The Open House is a building-wide exhibition of design and research produced by students and faculty during the fall semester.

Joe Laform

Faces of ENVD | Joe Laform

Dec. 13, 2022

Joe goes above and beyond to help students around ENVD. He is both a mentor and a comedian.

Photo outside of ENVD with Jordan Lockner, Stacey Schulte, Nate Jones, and Neal Evers

ENVD Honors Jordan Lockner with 2022 Young Designer Award

Dec. 6, 2022

The Program in Environmental Design (ENVD) is proud to celebrate its design community by recognizing individuals who have demonstrated leadership and made significant contributions to the design and architectural professions and their communities. This fall, ENVD honored Jordan Locker, AIA, with the 2022 Young Designer Award. Lockner graduated from The...

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