Join us for the CAPLA Lecture Series, which combines college-wide events as well as lectures sponsored by the School of Architecture and School of Landscape Architecture and Planning.
Archived Lectures
2025
| DATE | LECTURE | VIEW |
|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2025 | Scaling Shared Equity Homeownership Models to Grow Affordable Housing Supplies | Lecture by Meagan Ehlenz | VIEW RECAP AND LECTURE |
| April 9, 2025 | DUST Origins | Lecture by DUST Architects | |
| March 3, 2025 | Building in Place | Lecture by Lorcan O'Herlihy | |
| February 27, 2025 | Indigenous Nations and the Right to Water: Relationships, Resources and Futures | Lecture by Heather Whiteman Runs Him | |
| February 21, 2025 | The Search | Lecture by Daniel Toole | |
| February 14, 2025 | Inaugural CAPLA Lecture Series featuring Lesley Lokko |
2024
| DATE | LECTURE | VIEW |
|---|---|---|
| November 21, 2024 | Indigenous Landscapes: An example from Hopi | Lecture by Michael Kotutwa Johnson | |
| October 24, 2024 | Garages and Driveways: An Adaptable Neighborhood Infrastructure | Lecture by Deirdre Pfeiffer | |
| September 30, 2024 | Architecture + Choreography: Lecture by Beth M Weinstein | |
| September 18, 2024 | Demystifying Creativity: Lecture by Luis Ibarra, Ibarra Rosano Design Architects | |
| April 15, 2024 | The Architectural League of New York | Lecture by Jacob Moore | |
| March 15, 2024 | Sonoran Desert Bees: Nesting Requirements & Husbandry Methods| Lecture by Stephen Buchmann | |
| February 16, 2024 | Automobile Supremacism | Lecture by Teo Wickland | |
| January 31, 2024 | Chasing Architecture in the Colorado River Watershed | Lecture by Jones Studio |
2023
| DATE | LECTURE | VIEW |
|---|---|---|
| October 16, 2023 | Visuality and the Sublime: Three Views of Mt. Hood | Lecture by Mark Eischeid | View Recap and Lecture |
| September 21, 2023 | System Dynamic Modeling for Sustainable Urban Planning & Developments | Lecture by Hamid Mostofi | View Recap and Lecture |
| April 21, 2023 | Roadways for People: Building Safe, Just and Affordable Communities | Lecture by Lynn Peterson, Oregon Metro Council | View Recap and Lecture |
| March 31, 2023 | Marginalized Edge Effect: Ecology, Urban Waterfront and Landscapes | Lecture by Tao Zhang | View Recap and Lecture |
| March 22, 2023 | Rio Nuevo: Catalyst for Tucson's Urban Core | Lecture by Fletcher McCusker | View Recap and Lecture |
| March 17, 2023 | Built Form: Observation, Association and Transformation | Lecture by Greg Faulkner | View Recap and Lecture |
| March 17, 2023 | Equity in Project Prioritization and Planning at State and Regional Transportation Agencies | Lecture by Jesus M. Barajas | View Recap and Lecture |
| February 24, 2023 | Determinants of Sustainability Mobility Patterns Among Older Adults | Lecture by Gulsah Akar | View Recap and Lecture |
2022
| DATE | LECTURE | VIEW |
|---|---|---|
| November 18, 2022 | The Tectonics of Place: Manuel Cervantes Céspedes | View Recap and Lecture |
| November 18, 2022 | Working with Communities to Built Environmental and Societal Resilience: Sharon Collinge | View Recap and Lecture |
| November 2, 2022 | Architecture's Other Agencies: Spatial Practice and New Vernaculars: Mason White and Lola Sheppard, Lateral Office | View Recap and Lecture |
| October 26, 2022 | A Retrofitting Suburbia Agenda for Equity, Health and Resilience to Climate Change: June Williamson | View Recap and Lecture |
| October 3, 2022 | Walking the Unwalkable City: An Exploration of Walking Conditions, Experiences and Interventions in the Global South: Seth Okyere | View Recap and Lecture |
| April 6, 2022 | Extraordinary Mechanics & Structural Innovation in Architecture: Sigrid Adriaenssens | View Recap and Lecture |
| April 1, 2022 | Cultivating Science, Justice and Action Through Participatory Research Methods: Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta | View Recap and Lecture |
| March 30, 2022 | Vann Molyvann: Štefan Tkáč | View Recap and Lecture |
| March 23, 2022 | The Criticality of Context: Centering the Sociocultural in Planning and Urban Design Practice: Arlie Adkins | View Recap and Lecture |
| Feb. 21, 2022 | Natural Light: The Architecture of Donald Judd: Urs Peter Flueckiger | View Recap and Lecture |
| Feb. 18, 2022 | Navigating Differential Privacy in Decennial Census Data: Jason Jurjevich | View Recap and Lecture |
| Feb. 16, 2022 | An Architect's Laboratory: The Early Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright: Lisa Schrenk | View Recap and Lecture |
| Feb. 7, 2022 | Can We Forget? A Memorial to Enslaved Laborers: Mabel O. Wilson | View Recap and Lecture |
| Jan. 31, 2022 | Infrastructural Opportunism, Infrastructural Urbanism, Infrastructural Optimism: Linda C. Samuels | View Recap and Lecture |
2021
| DATE | LECTURE | VIEW |
|---|---|---|
| Nov. 12, 2021 | 2021 Stahl Lecture No. 2: Image, Chant and Imagination at Ste. Foy in Conques: Bissera Pentcheva | View Recap and Lecture |
| Nov. 8, 2021 | 2021 Stahl Lecture No. 1: Eternal Victory: Hagia Sophia and the Byzantine Vision of Empire: Bissera Pentcheva | View Recap and Lecture |
| Nov. 3, 2021 | Civic Expression: Art, Culture and the Built Environment in Little Tokyo: Jonathan Jae-an Crisman | View Recap and Lecture |
| Oct. 27, 2021 | Justice is Beauty: Alan Ricks | View Lecture |
| Oct. 22, 2021 | A Photovoltaic Green Roof: Kirk Dimond | View Recap and Lecture |
| Oct. 8, 2021 | Designing Food Systems in an Urban Desert: Courtney Crosson | View Recap and Lecture |
| Sept. 29, 2021 | Something from Nothing: Rozana Montiel | View Lecture |
| Sept. 23, 2021 | Urban Design with Nature—Exploring Sustainable Urban Development in China: Jie Hu | View Recap and Lecture |
| Apr. 9, 2021 | Research Redux: ARCC 2021 Keynote Address by Michelle Addington | View Keynote Address |
| Apr. 8, 2021 | Political Production/Architectural Performance: ARCC 2021 Keynote Address by Peggy Deamer | View Keynote Address |
| Mar. 17, 2021 | Welcome to the Age of Climate Action: Richard Johnson | View Recap and Lecture |
| Feb. 19, 2021 | Synergies between Research, Practice and Education in Health and the Built Environment: Altaf Engineer | View Recap and Lecture |
| Jan. 22, 2021 | Ubiquitously Incremental and Pernicious: The Dynamic Role of Parking Supply in Increasing Vehicle Use: Kristina M. Currans | View Recap and Lecture |
2020
| DATE | LECTURE | VIEW |
|---|---|---|
| Nov. 13, 2020 | Planning to Achieve Carbon Neutrality: A Story from Ann Arbor's Goal of Becoming Carbon Neutral by 2030: Missy Stults | View Recap and Lecture |
| Nov. 6, 2020 | Designing for Market Transformation: Jonathan Bean | View Recap and Lecture |
| Oct. 23, 2020 | The Practice of Equitable Planning: Tamika L. Butler | View Recap and Lecture |
| Oct. 12, 2020 | Ensuring Equity and Building Community: Kendra Hyson '15 MLA | View Recap and Lecture |
| Oct. 2, 2020 | Rendering Sensible (In)Visibilities Around Architectures of Internment: Beth M Weinstein | View Recap and Lecture |
| Sept. 25, 2020 | Lessons from a Career Rover: Brandon Herman '12 MS Planning '14 MLA | View Recap and Lecture |
| Sept. 4, 2020 | Architecture, Ecology and Appearance: Kiel Moe | View Recap and Lecture |