Image Soft Infrastructure: Luyi Huang '18 B.Arch June 1, 2020 Luyi Huang envisions a softer edge to the city of San Francisco, and her 2018 B.Arch capstone project, Soft Infrastructure, explores extending infrastructure that can adjust to rising water levels in the Bay. Read more
Image CAPLA Places Four Finalist Teams in Solar Decathlon Design Challenge, Including a Winner and Honorable Mention May 28, 2020 For the third year in a row, at least one College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture student team was named a finalist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon Design Challenge—and this year a CAPLA team won its division. Read more
Image Finding Hope in an Uncertain Future: CAPLA Students Host “Life After COVID-19” Virtual Career Panel May 26, 2020 Students in CAPLA’s Women in Architecture Society hosted a panel of diverse faculty and alumni to help students respond to uncertainty in the architecture and design job market due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more
Image CAPLA Graduating Senior Jenny Nguyen One of Four Featured UArizona Graduates, Interviewed on Tucson ABC Affiliate May 14, 2020 Jenny Nguyen '20 B.Arch was selected as one of four featured University of Arizona graduating students among more than 11,000 graduates this semester. Read more
Image Levin Residence, Designed by CAPLA’s Teresa Rosano and Luis Ibarra, Showcased in The Guardian May 12, 2020 The award-winning Levin Residence in Marana, Arizona is featured with two other homes from Arizona and one home from Spain in The Guardian’s “Framing the horizon: dwellings that blend with the desert” feature. Read more
Image Ventana House, Designed by Associate Professor of Practice Michael Kothke and His Firm HK Associates, Featured in Wallpaper* Magazine May 7, 2020 The renowned magazine's spread of the newly completed Ventana House by HK Associates in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson includes stunning photography of the custom home. Read more
Image CAPLA-Led UArizona Team Takes Second Place in EPA’s Eighth Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge April 30, 2020 For the third year in a row, a University of Arizona student team led by CAPLA Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Bo Yang was selected as a winner in EPA’s Campus RainWorks Challenge. Read more
Image Measuring Success and 'Paying It Backward': Mitchell Freedman ’80 B.Arch April 17, 2020 Forty years after his graduation from the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture’s undergraduate architecture program, Mitchell Freedman AIA ’80 B.Arch remains in touch with the two faculty members who most influenced him and his work. Read more
Image Open to Encountering the Unknown: Eric Sterner '15 B.Arch April 14, 2020 Eric Sterner ’15 B.Arch, founding principal of Last Architects, says, "My creativity is inspired by intangible moments and patterns—all rooted in observance. I believe these uncategorical and unplanned moments create points to reflect upon and later understand." Read more
Image Sustainability Laboratory and Urban Garden (SLUG) at CITY High School April 10, 2020 Designed by CAPLA Assistant Professor of Architecture Christopher Trumble and Washington University in St. Louis Associate Professor of Urban Design Linda Samuels and built with CAPLA students and others, CITY High School's Sustainability Laboratory and Urban Garden (SLUG) converted an unusable alleyway into a dynamic, multipurpose space. Read more