Courtesy of the Oregon Mass Timber Coalition and OSU, the following video captures the impressions of the excited group of developers, builders, researchers, and community members who came to tour the MPP Workforce Housing prototype in Corvallis.

School of Architecture & Environment Landscape Architecture students, advised by Visiting Assistant Professor Ellee Stapleton, earned a 2024 ASLA National Student Honor Award for their project, titled Letitia Carson’s Legacy. The award-winning project utilizes the skills of landscape design to uplift several community organizations dedicated to honoring Letitia Carson, one of the first Black homesteaders in Oregon, and addressed many challenging concepts, including the delicacy of telling a history embedded in narratives of race, gender, displacement, and colonialism, all while supporting current agricultural land use.

Congratulations to Professor of Architecture, Ihab Elzeyadi, for being elected to the ARCC Board of Directors as their new Vice President and President-Elect. Elzeyadi is an architect, building scientist, and professor of architecture who has been engaged in the design, construction, and research of high-performance buildings for over 30 years.

Using Portland as a case study, a team of UO researchers has developed a more comprehensive way to evaluate urban green space equity. The study was published May 21 in the journal Land. Read more about this study and hear how Landscape Architecture PhD graduate, Evan Elderbrock, was able to help create the landmark study alongside other UO researchers.

The White House awarded both Mass Timber and Semiconductor industries $500,000. The award will help tech hubs, like the Pacific Northwest Mass Timber Tech Hub, expand their impact in the state.