Architect and CAPLA Assistant Professor of Practice Robert Vint Profiled in Preservation Magazine for Work on the San Xavier del Bac Mission Aug. 31, 2021 Robert Vint, assistant professor of practice in architecture at CAPLA, was profiled in the Summer 2021 issue of Preservation Magazine for his conservation work on San Xavier del Bac, the landmark “White Dove of the Desert” mission located south of Tucson, Arizona. Read more Image
Addressing Social and Environmental Issues: Kenneth J. Kokroko, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Aug. 30, 2021 Kenneth J. Kokroko, a CAPLA Master of Landscape Architecture alumnus, joined the college this fall as assistant professor of landscape architecture. Learn more about Kenneth, including his passions for community-based projects, a positive studio experience and plants. Read more Image
CAPLA Urban Planning Professors Awarded $150,000 in NITC Research Grants Aug. 27, 2021 Philip Stoker received a grant from the National Institute for Transportation and Communities to study rural gentrification and the spillover effect while Ladd Keith, Kristina Currans and Nicole Iroz-Elardo received an NITC grant to study cool corridor heat resilience strategies for human-scale transportation. Read more Image
College is Family Affair for Incoming Triplets, Including First-Year Bachelor of Architecture Student Aug. 26, 2021 Triplets David, Samantha and Matthew Rosenblatt will each have at least two familiar faces to look forward to seeing around campus as they start their first semester at UArizona after graduating from high school in New Jersey. Matthew is a first-year Bachelor of Architecture student. Read more Image
Undefined Boundaries: Ana Astiazaran '22 B.Arch Aug. 26, 2021 Winner of the esteemed 2021 COTE Top Ten for Students Award, Undefined Boundaries, the Center for Innovation and Collaboration in Tucson, Arizona by Ana Astiazaran '22 B.Arch, addresses social, political and environmental matters with the intention of recognizing humanity’s susceptibility to change. Read more Image
The Role of Building Emissions in Meeting Climate Change Goals: Architecture Professor Jonathan Bean Interviewed by KJZZ Aug. 25, 2021 Jonathan Bean was interviewed by KJZZ Radio regarding the role of building emissions in meeting climate change goals, noting that if we want to get to a zero carbon future by 2050, we must cut emissions from buildings in half by 2030. Read more Image
Civil Engineering Magazine Discusses Green Infrastructure Proposals Created by CAPLA Architecture Students Aug. 20, 2021 “How do you retrofit a city for infrastructure that it doesn’t have?” asks Assistant Professor of Architecture Courtney Crosson in Civil Engineering magazine. “The idea is that instead of digging up roads and putting in single-purpose piping, green infrastructure is a multi-benefit way to adapt and upgrade city infrastructure.” Read more Image
Confronting Borderlands: Kenneth J. Kokroko '17 MLA Aug. 19, 2021 Kenneth J. Kokroko's Confronting Borderlands proposes a new monument to peace the straddles the United States-Canada border, and seeks to integrate the existing (to be dismantled) Peace Towers into the newly designed landscape at the International Peace Garden. Read more Image
Designing for the Future: Athba Alradaan '23 B.Arch Aug. 17, 2021 Bachelor of Architecture student Athba Alradaan, who is from Kuwait, took advantage of remote learning due to the pandemic to participate in two informative internships in her home country. In this profile, she shares what she loves about architecture, how she's overcome challenges and more. Read more Image
CAPLA’s Jesús Edmundo Robles Jr and DUST Architects’s Marfa Suite Featured in The New York Times Aug. 13, 2021 Completed by DUST Architects in winter 2020, the Marfa Suite located in Marfa, Texas, and designed by CAPLA Assistant Professor of Practice Jesús Edmundo Robles Jr and partner Cade Hayes of DUST Architects was featured in The New York Times story “How Do You Add On to the Perfect Small House? You Don’t.” Read more Image