Image Walking, Cycling, Leading: Meet CAPLA Dean Nancy Pollock-Ellwand Sept. 30, 2020 In September 2020 College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture Dean Nancy Pollock-Ellwand, who joined CAPLA in 2017, was interviewed for the UArizona news site Lo Que Pasa. Read the interview on the CAPLA website. Read more
Image Passionate About Learning: Clare Robinson, Associate Professor of Architecture Sept. 29, 2020 Associate Professor of Architecture Clare Robinson, who joined CAPLA in 2012, explores how the everyday built environment facilitated the definition of social and aesthetic norms, and how professional designers used modern architecture and planning paradigms to define middle-class activities and spaces during the mid-20th century. Read more
Image Lecture Recap and Video: Brandon Herman on Lessons from a Career Rover Sept. 25, 2020 Brandon Herman '12 MS Planning '14 MLA is a certified professional planner and licensed landscape architect. He joined CAPLA for a virtual lecture titled "Changing Course: Lessons from a Career Rover," and spoke to& CAPLA students about alternative career paths that they may have not yet considered. Read more
Image Bringing Color into the World of Architecture: CAPLA’s Women in Architecture Society in Conversation with NOMA Arizona President Carlos Murrieta Sept. 25, 2020 On September 11, Women in Architecture Society teamed up with NOMA Arizona President Carlos Murrieta to discuss equity, diversity and inclusion in a virtual roundtable event sponsored by the CAPLA Committee on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and the American Institute of Architects Southern Arizona. Read more
Image Park(ing) Day 2020: Physically Distanced but Socially Connected Sept. 25, 2020 Park(ing) Day 2020, an annual worldwide event that encourages landscape architects, community members and students to transform metered parking spaces into temporary parklets, brought together MLA and BLA student's for CAPLA's project on Tucson's 4th Avenue. Read more
Image La Casa Verde: Itzel Gamez '22 B.Arch Sept. 24, 2020 No one element of Itzel Gamez's La Casa Verde in El Paso, Texas is secondary or supplemental, as the design treats architecture, vegetation and the inhabitants as one cohesive whole—creating a dialogue among each other. Read more
Image Job Searching in the COVID Era: Lena Porell '20 MS Urban Planning Sept. 24, 2020 Despite the challenges presented by job hunting during a global pandemic, Lena Porell '20 MS Urban Planning recently moved across the country to Providence, Rhode Island to start her career as a staff planner. Read more
Image Hands-On Learning: Kaya Orona '23 B.Arch Sept. 23, 2020 CAPLA student ambassador Kaya Orona, who is active in several student organizations, came to the Bachelor of Architecture program at the University of Arizona from Chandler, Arizona. Read more
Image Ensuring Equity, Building Community: Kendra Hyson ’15 MLA Sept. 22, 2020 With her MLA, Kendra Hyson has followed a path to leadership not just in landscape architecture but also in the movement for social equity in built environment design—as both a founder of The Urban Studio and in her current role as a landscape architect and planner for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Read more
Image Persistence is Key: Tulga N. Ericson '21 B.Arch Sept. 22, 2020 Tulga N. Ericson, who is originally from Mongolia but moved to Arizona nine years ago, entered CAPLA's Bachelor of Architecture program after knowing he could stay in Tucson to attend an outstanding undergraduate architecture program. Read more