Join us for a saturday afternoon lecture with Professor Emeritus David Streatfield honoring the UW Class of 1959 gift to cherish and preserve in perpetuity the University's "Arts Quadrangle"
This lecture is free and open to the public. Please RSVP if you plan to attend
Sponsored by UW Department of Landscape Architecture and Professional Advisory Council
Tom Leader is Founder and Principal of Tom Leader Studio, a nationwide landscape architectural practice that strives to be an active, experimental atelier seeking a liaison between emerging ideas and the concrete need for their realization in physical space. With interest and experience in large-scale work, Leader nevertheless seeks what is personal and original while in pursuit of the pragmatic and has been acknowledged with several ASLA Honor Awards and as a finalist for Cooper Hewitt’s National Design Award for Landscape Architecture. Proffesional development hours offered for this lecture. Please contact the UW LA dept. for details.
Kelty Miyoshi McKinnon is a Landscape Architect and Principal at Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg in Vancouver where she specializes in projects dealing with the public realm and public art both locally and internationally. She has taught and conducted research in the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of British Columbia focusing on the production of emergent urban and non-urban landscapes that engage environmental, social and cultural ecologies. Proffesional development hours offered for this lecture. Please contact the UW LA dept. for details.
Dowell Myers is a professor in the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development and director of the Population Dynamics Research Group. Myers holds a Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and he also studied demography and sociology at Harvard University. He has a master of planning degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and an undergraduate degree in anthropology from Columbia University. Well-known as a specialist in demographic trends and their relation to all areas of policy and planning, Myers has a particular expertise in projecting the future and conveying knowledge useful for public decision making. Myers has testified before the U.S. Congress at Ellis Island and before the California Legislature. He frequently addresses civic groups, real estate and planning organizations and educators.
Join the University of Washington for an exciting Walker Ames Lecture by Dowell Myers. Learn more about the lecture and reserve your seats at the Walker Ames Website.
Computer use in studio has changed much more than the look of most studios. It is a challenge to all concerned, requiring new skills on the part of both students and faculty, but it may also be inhibiting development of your design skills by exercising different cognitive functions and subtly shifting the focus in many design situations. This panel will discuss challenges and opportunities from the point of view of students, faculty and practitioners. Come along and share your experience as well.
Join us for a lecture and reception with George Suyama, principal of Seattle-based architecture firm Suyama Peterson Deguchi.
Does design for livable cities inevitably lead to gentrification and displacement?
Come hear about Copenhagen's last decade of work to revitalize its neighborhoods while respecting existing neighborhood residents, culture and identity. Bianca Hermansen will show examples from the last decade of work in Copenhagen that demonstrate deliberate strategies to spatially democratize renewal projects.
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Monday Dec. 5th |
1:30-5:30 |
Community Design Building |
LARC 300 Introduction Landscape Architecture Studio |
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Wednesday Dec. 7th |
12:00-2:30 |
Gould 100
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LARC 501 Landscape Design & Planning Studio |
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Wednesday Dec. 7th |
3:00-5:30 |
Gould 100
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LARC 403 Cultural Landscape Studio |
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Friday Dec. 9th |
11:00-2:30 |
Gould Court
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LARC 504 Landscape Urbanism Studio |
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Friday Dec. 9th |
3:00-6:00 |
Gould 110 +Court |
LARC 301 Design Foundations Studio |
