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.

The School of Architecture & Environment is helping to tackle housing insecurity alongside community partners. In early April, Habitat for Humanity of Central Lane (HFHCL) was building five tandem homes in Cottage Grove in collaboration with University of Oregon architecture students, and six tandem homes at Springfield’s Fisher Village development, the HFHCL's largest housing project.

Melanie Guyer, MArch, and Allyssa Corpuz, BArch, were awarded scholarships by the Architecture Foundation of Oregon. Guyer received the 2024 Hatfield Scholarship and Corpuz received the 2024 Hart Scholarship. Congratulations to both students!