Sonoran Birds and Climate Change: UArizona Landscape Architecture Students Work with Community to Design Urban Bird Habitats June 20, 2023 In a collaborative effort between students in CAPLA’s Master of Landscape Architecture program and key community organizations, the recent Sonoran Birds + Climate Change studio led by Mackenzie Waller took on the task of reimagining a small neighborhood park in Tucson. Read more Image
CAPLA Dean Nancy Pollock-Ellwand Elected to U.S. and International ICOMOS Organizations June 5, 2023 CAPLA Dean Nancy Pollock-Ellwand has been elected to two prestigious organizations of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS): the Advisory Committee to ICOMOS and the Board of Trustees of World Heritage USA. Read more Image
AIA Future Focused: CAPLA Senior Lecturer Damon Leverett on Empowering Students to Excel June 2, 2023 In a new Future Focused video by the American Institute of Architects, CAPLA Senior Lecturer in Architecture and AIA Arizona President Damon Leverett discusses empowering the future of architecture through interactions with students. Watch the video. Read more Image
UArizona Architecture Students Make Impact on – and are Impacted by – 2023 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge May 31, 2023 Two B.Arch student teams made the finals of this year's Solar Decathlon Design Challenge, while the Casa Verde team took third place in the Attached Housing Division. As much as we tout the students’ success, however, the more significant impact is on the students themselves. Read more Image
CAPLA Real Estate Lecturer Provides Expert Insight for WalletHub on Home Improvement Loans May 26, 2023 In WalletHub's evaluation of home improvement loans, the financial information resource turned to real estate experts like CAPLA's James Marian, lecturer in real estate development, for insight. Read more Image
Celebrate the Class of 2023 at the CAPLA Convocation Showcase May 16, 2023 Congratulations to our Class of 2023 B.Arch, BLA, BS SBE, M.Arch, MS Arch, MLA, MRED and MSUP students! View student pages, projects, awards, videos, the Convocation ceremony livestream and more on the dynamic CAPLA Convocation Showcase website. Read more Image
Lecture Recap and Video: Lynne Peterson on 'Roadways for People: Building Safe, Just and Affordable Communities' May 15, 2023 In this CAPLA Lecture Series lecture, Lynn Peterson draws from her personal experience and interviews with leaders to highlight new ways of building more inclusive communities through transportation engineering and urban planning. Read more Image
Designing for the Body: Ally Pearl Kwan ’23 B.Arch May 4, 2023 Ally Pearl Kwan came to UArizona from Cypress, California, choosing the B.Arch program because of the studio spaces and world-class Materials Labs. At CAPLA, Ally has become a student leader, joining the American Institute of Architecture Students Arizona chapter, where she was president and awarded the 2021 Chapter Leader Honor Award by the AIAS. Read more Image
How Cities Use Energy to Regulate Temperature—Just Like Mammals May 3, 2023 A UArizona undergraduate working with CAPLA's Ladd Keith looked at cities as living things to investigate how human energy use changes with rising temperatures. Her research could help save lives from heat waves. Read more Image
Reconnecting Humans and Nature: Ibeth Martinez '23 MS.Arch May 1, 2023 Ibeth Martinez came to UArizona from Guayaquil, Ecuador, where she studied architecture as an undergraduate student. She came to CAPLA to pursue the Master of Science in Architecture because of its research focus flexibility and the fact that it offers both studio and research courses. Read more Image