CAPLA Community News & Headlines

View the latest news and headlines relating to community initiatives, projects and research at the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture.

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University of Arizona and Star Academic High School students at work on green infrastructure

Tucson Verde Para Todos: CAPLA Faculty and Landscape Architecture Students Engage South Tucson Community through Green Infrastructure

Tucson Verde para Todos aims to address injustices around green infrastructure by promoting a strategy to address inequities in green infrastructure funding, siting and implementation through collaborative, participatory community engagement, as at Star Academic High School.

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Team of CAPLA students posing for group ohoto

Affordable Housing Project Receives National Recognition

An innovative mixed-income housing development designed by an interdisciplinary team of CAPLA students was awarded Second Place/Honorable Mention in the 2019 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Low-Income Housing Challenge.