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Replace the viaduct, bury the tunnel?
UW graduate students offer new possibilities for Battery Street Tunnel Battery Street Tunnel in Belltown is a major transportation artery for Seattle. Many of the UW’s professors and students living in...
View ArticleUW’s Doorway Project kicks off services for homeless youth
The University District includes a significant portion of King County’s homeless youth population. Seattle’s homeless crisis isn’t confined to one part of town – nor does it hinge on one solution. The...
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Urban Scholar Highlight: Heather Burpee
Heather Burpee is a Research Assistant Professor in University of Washington’s Department of Architecture and a director of the Integrated Design Lab in the Center for Integrated Design, located in...
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City Unsilenced: Urban Resistance and Public Space in the Age of Shrinking...
Jeff Hou is a professor of landscape architecture and adjunct professor of urban design and planning in the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments. His research, teaching and practice...
View ArticleUW Alumni & WA Friends – AIA Conference Reception in San Francisco!
Join us for a reception event hosted by UW's College of Built Environments and this year's AIA Architecture Firm of the Year awardee, Mithun! We look forward to connecting with our community attending...
View ArticleCBE Community, Environment, and Planning alum encounters experiences of a...
Elijah Mason stepped through the door of his second-ever UW College of Built Environments (CBE) class. He was nervous, but also excited. “I chose the course because it was a planning practicum,”...
View ArticleGovernor Inslee makes second visit to College of Built Environments in 18 months
Governor Inslee recently visited the College of Built Environments, where he met with several faculty members to discuss their research and its relevance to his proposal to increase investment in...
View ArticleUrban@UW Announces the 2023 Research to Action Collaboratory Inaugural Cohort
Urban@UW is excited to announce the project teams selected for the inaugural cohort of the Research to Action Collaboratory (RAC). Throughout the next 18 months, Urban@UW will work with these teams and...
View ArticleDon’t take concrete for granite: the secret research life of CBE Department...
Concrete can sequester carbon, and the cement that glues its components together has been used since antiquity. Now, CBE professor Fred Aguayo is introducing students to the complex world of concrete...
View ArticleThree CBE students named to 2023 Husky 100
We are thrilled to share that three of our amazing CBE students have been recognized for their contributions to UW and our communities as part of this year's Husky 100. Congratulations to Ari Lazowski,...
View ArticleUniversity of Washington is a core member of newly announced New York Climate...
UW will be a core member of a consortium led by Stony Brook University that will build and operate The New York Climate Exchange – a carbon-neutral international hub focused on climate action and...
View ArticleCBE welcomes Dr. Amos Darko to interdisciplinary faculty cohort
In pursuit of our vision for a more just and beautiful world, the College of Built Environments continues to implement an important part of our strategic framework: growing our capacity for...
View ArticleCollege of Built Environments Faculty and Student receive Husky...
The Husky Sustainability Awards recognize individuals and groups across all University of Washington campuses who lead the way for sustainability at the University of Washington. This is the 14th year...
View ArticleCBE awardees of climate focused Population Health Initiative grants
CBE was well represented across the grant recipients of the Population Health Initiative, with four of the twelve projects including input from researchers in Architecture, Landscape Architecture,...
View ArticleYouth Perspectives on Disaster Planning project wins Population Health...
Among the awarded projects was "Incorporating Youth Perspectives to Improve Disaster Planning: Piloting Drone-Based Photovoice to Explore Cultural Assets" whose investigators include UDP Associate...
View ArticleFinding Your Place: How unaffordable housing drives homelessness
Gregg Colburn, assistant professor of real estate, joined NPR's Marketplace Morning Report to discuss the common myths believed to be the primary drivers of homelessness versus the actually...
View ArticleGould Gallery showcases students’ work and the power of design
Emerging elegantly from Gould Hall’s Brutalist gray concrete exterior, the College of Built Environments’ Gould Gallery features works of societal impact.
View ArticleRemembering Jon Runstad: A Philanthropist and Real Estate Visionary
The College of Built Environments is deeply saddened by the loss of Jon Runstad '64, a prominent figure in the real estate industry and a dedicated philanthropist.
View ArticleUW Architecture’s bench project turns an idea into an experience
This spring quarter, in Architecture 231: Making and Meaning, that was the essential mission of the culminating project: Build a bench, create a social opportunity. | UW News
View ArticleCBE Celebrates 2023 Faculty & Staff Award Winners
The CBE Faculty & Staff Awards recognize exemplary faculty and staff for their dedication and service to the CBE community. View the list of winners.
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