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 Center for Innovation and Collaboration: Eunbee Kang '22 B.Arch Aug. 11, 2021 The Center for Innovation and Collaboration in Tucson, Arizona by Eunbee Kang '22 B.Arch is an urban oasis that extends an invitation to its immediate surroundings and much further, shaded by rich greens fed by trickling water. Read more
Image CAPLA Assistant Research Scientist Adriana Zuniga and Fellow Researchers Win Best Paper Award from Water International Aug. 4, 2021 Adriana Zuniga has been awarded the 2018 Water International Best Paper Award. The editors of Water International choose the winners in three-year cycles, recently naming the 2018, 2019 and 2020 awardees, who will be honored in Korea in December 2021. Read more
Image Urban Planning Professor Arthur C. Nelson Discusses Bus Rapid Transit Investment in The Washington Post July 30, 2021 Arthur C. Nelson, professor of urban planning and real estate development, was quoted in a July 23, 2021 article in The Washington Post on rapid transit and urban growth, referencing a study conducted by Nelson and other UArizona researchers on bus rapid transit sites from 2013-2019. Read more
Image Jesús Edmundo Robles Jr and DUST Architects Win 2021 Jeff Harnar Award for Contemporary Architecture in the Southwest July 27, 2021 DUST Architects, led by Assistant Professor of Practice in Architecture Jesús Edmundo Robles Jr and founding principal Cade Hayes, has been awarded the top design prize by the University of New Mexico School of Architecture + Planning and the Thornburg Foundation for Southern Arizona's Casa Caldera. Read more
Image Architecture and Planning Faculty Quoted in Salt Lake Tribune Article on 'Water Shaming' July 13, 2021 Courtney Crosson, assistant professor of architecture, and Ladd Keith, assistant professor of planning and sustainable built environments, were quoted in the Salt Lake Tribune's July 12, 2021 story, "Neighbor wasting water? Is 'water shaming' the answer?" Read more
Image Casa Schneider, Designed by CAPLA’s Teresa Rosano and Luis Ibarra, Showcased in ArchDaily July 12, 2021 The urban residential work of Ibarra Rosano Design Architects, the architecture firm established and led by CAPLA Assistant Professor of Practice Teresa Rosano and Luis Ibarra, was featured in ArchDaily, including a comprehensive gallery of images. Read more