Landscape Architecture News

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE NEWS

News and updates from The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture's Landscape Architecture Program.

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Continuing the Conversations of Landscape First

To expand upon the urgent topics raised in the 2025 "Landscape First" program, the school has invited a selection of the convening speakers to contribute written reflections exploring a broad range of case studies and meditations on leading through landscape.

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SOM Foundation Announces Winners of the 2025 Research Prize

Assistant Professor Maggie Hansen and Associate Professor Miriam Solis won with their proposal “Visioning Eco-Connectivity with Youth in the Rio Grande Valley.”

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Interview with Brent Stringfellow, University Architect

To explore the inner workings of our Austin campus and share aspirations for the future Master Plan, we sat down with Brent Stringfellow, University Architect & Associate Vice President for Campus Operations and Planning.

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"The Campus as a Landscape of Inspiration and Action" by Fritz Steiner

As the former Dean of the University of Texas School of Architecture, and as current Dean of University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design, Fritz Steiner offers unique perspective on the parallel evolution of landscape architecture and the American university campus.

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"Green Infrastructure, Human Health, and Generative AI" by William C. Sullivan

Establishing trust with a community as a designer requires direct and reciprocal communication. William C. Sullivan argues that responsible use of generative AI can serve as a transformative tool to convey the power of landscape more clearly and persuasively, illustrating plausible futures that residents can comment on and impact in real time.

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"Landscape as a Setting for Art and Culture" by Mary Margaret Jones

Artists have the capacity to open new worlds of design possibilities for landscape architects, offering fresh perspective on how to activate space with unique approaches to materials. Mary Margaret Jones explores monumental examples of creative solutions that offer landscape as a cultural platform.

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"Fight or Flight: Space Colonization and the Future of Landscape Architecture" by Ignacio Bunster-Ossa

When we lose direct access to nature, we lose ourselves. As the planet degrades, Ignacio Bunster-Ossa asks: what is the price of survival?

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"The City as a Landscape" by Gina Ford

Gina Ford proposes a novel approach to mapping—one that is informed by ecology and climate conditions. Through diagrammatic illustration that communicates the edges and variation in environmental systems, Ford explores each city as both place and process informed by ecological terms.

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"Why Landscape First?" by Gullivar Shepard

Our first essay in the Landscape First Essay Series is by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Partner Gullivar Shepard. Analyzing the shifting leadership role of landscape architecture within three case studies, Shepard offers compelling examples of projects that celebrate "nature's work-in-progress" and become sites of collective optimism.

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May Term Travel Opportunities

Three new faculty-led study abroad opportunities expose students to critical works of contemporary and emergent architecture, global perspectives, and new cultural experiences. Programs led by School of Architecture faculty and leadership will take students to Japan, South Korea, London, Copenhagen, Zurich, and Basel.

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Announcing "Planetary Imaginaries"

The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture presents Planetary Imaginaries: an expansive series of public engagements for the Fall 2025 semester starting on September 5. Invited architects, landscape architects, planners, and historians continue the school’s legacy of intentional rooted practice through critical conversations that respond to the increasingly urgent conditions of each field.

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2024-2025 Design Excellence Winners

Design Excellence awardees represent an exceptional level of accomplishment across our design disciplines.

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2025 Texas ASLA Awards Honor Work by Phoebe Lickwar & Michael Averitt

Studios FORGE and DELINEATOR each received Merit Awards for their innovative projects that restore ecosystems and reimagine community-focused landscapes.

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Kotchakorn Voraakhom Urges Graduates to Become the “Compassion Generation”

At the School of Architecture's 112th commencement ceremony, we celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2025.

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Spring 2025 Final Review Guest Critics

Academics and practitioners from across the country join The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture for our Spring 2025 final reviews, taking place Wednesday, April 23 - Friday, April 25.

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MLA Candidate Samantha Hodge Completes Waterloo Park Landscape Performance Case Study

Working alongside Professor Allan Shearer and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Hodge's case study aims to quantify the environmental, social, and economic benefits of Austin's Waterloo Park.

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“Landscape First” Invites Leaders, Practitioners, Community Members to Prioritize Nature-Based Solutions in Urban Settings

Talks and panels will provide attendees with actionable insights on how nature- and place-based planning, design, and action can contribute to better communities

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Spring 2025 Public Programming

The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture’s Spring 2025 Lecture Series aims to create and explore discourse on critical topics within the study and practice of architecture, design, planning and the built environment.

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Fall 2024 Visiting Reviewers

Practitioners and academics from across the country join The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture for our Fall 2024 final reviews, Wednesday, Dec. 4 – Friday, Dec. 6.

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LLILAS-Supported Studio Forges New Connections Between UT School of Architecture and Latin America

Thanks to a prestigious Title VI grant sponsored by LLILAS, Associate Professor Benjamin Ibarra-Sevilla’s studio embarked on a transformative journey studying sustainable design and cultural preservation in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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In Ditched Schemes, Designs That Didn’t Make The Cut Get A Second Look

Overlooked and underrated, failed design concepts find new audiences in a multimedia project created by UT School of Architecture Assistant Professor Maggie Hansen and Cornell Assistant Professor Jennifer Birkeland.

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Landscape Architecture Work Featured in International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam Exhibition

Associate Professor Phoebe Lickwar’s project “Everything Change: Instructions for Land-based Learning,” developed in collaboration with Rosetta S. Elkin and students at UT Austin and Pratt Institute, prioritizes land-based learning.

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Accepting Applications for Assistant Professor of Environmental Planning

The School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin is seeking applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in Environmental Planning.

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Congratulations to our Newly Promoted Faculty Members

The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture celebrates promotions for three faculty members, Aleksandra Jaeschke, Katherine Lieberknecht, and Allan Shearer.

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Fall 2024 Public Programming

The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture’s Fall 2024 Lecture Series builds on the school’s ongoing exploration of issues vital to the study and practice of architecture, design, and the built environment.

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2023-2024 Design Excellence Winners

Design Excellence awardees represent an exceptional level of accomplishment across our design disciplines.

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Congratulations to the Class of 2024

At the School of Architecture's 111th commencement ceremony, we celebrate the accomplishments of this year's graduating class. What starts here changes the world!

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Spring 2024 Visiting Reviewers

Practitioners and academics from across the country join The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture for our Spring 2024 final reviews, Wednesday, April 24 – Friday, April 26.

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Spring 2024 Visiting Faculty

Two sets of visiting faculty members are teaching Advanced Studios this spring, including Lisa Iwamoto and Craig Scott of Iwamoto Scott and Walter Meyer and Patricia Martin from LOCAL Office Landscape Architecture and Urbanism.

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Adrianne Kartachak, MLA '20

Meet Master of Landscape Architecture student Adrianne Kartachak.

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Laura Brusson, MLA '20

Meet Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) alumna Laura Brusson.

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Water in Cities

Associate Professor Michael Holleran considers public space through the lens of water, exploring the systems that make and shape cities, and the expressions of water in landscape and culture. This article originally appeared in the 2023-2024 edition of Platform, "Civics and Placemaking."

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In Support of Transgressive Practices: Cultivating New Landscape Imaginaries

Assistant Professor Maggie Hansen explores the ways in which landscape architects can shape social and ecological relationships by embracing "transgressive practices" that exhibit a deep commitment to place. This article originally appeared in the 2023-2024 edition of Platform, "Civics and Placemaking."

Alum Profile: Kevin Jeffery

Master of Landscape Architecture alumnus Kevin Jeffery discusses the importance of nature-based public spaces and his professional focus on waterscape quality, design, and planning. This article originally appeared in the 2023-2024 issue of Platform, "Civics and Placemaking."

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Landscape Architecture Designated a STEM Discipline

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s designation of landscape architecture as a STEM discipline recognizes the high degree of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics inherent in the education and practice of landscape architecture.

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MLA Students Receive Texas ASLA Awards

Projects by Franny Kyle and Andrew Lesmes explore how carbon farming can transform the design and planning of the urban realm while also creating a more equitable and resilient city.

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Celebrate Earth Day 2023

A sampling of work from across the School of Architecture related to sustainability, our impact on the Earth, and how our disciplines can help build a better future.

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Alumnus and Landscape Architect Everett Fly named 2023 School of Architecture Commencement Speaker

Fly’s career-long study of the origins and evolution of places and landmarks designed and built by Black Americans has resulted in the documentation of more than 1,200 Black settlements, burial sites, gardens, streets, and agricultural landscapes around the country

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2023 Meadows Symposium Explores Landscape Architecture's Potential to Shape a New Socio-ecological Ethos

Featuring Diane Jones Allen, Alison B. Hirsch, Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, and Margie Ruddick.

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What Starts Here: Highlights from Career Fair

Hundreds of students, employers, and alumni build connections as students explore internship and employment opportunities at the 2023 Career Fair

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Redrawing Connections: Design Advocacy in Section

Assistant Professor Maggie Hansen considers the overlap of policy and design in landscape architecture, using recent design studios as a case study. This article originally appeared in the 2022-2023 edition of Platform, "Teaching for Next."

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Celebrate Earth Day 2022

This Earth Day, we’ve rounded up a sampling of scholarship and resources from across the School of Architecture that not only explores our relationship to Earth and the built environment but also how we can help build a better future for our planet.

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Hansen’s GND Superstudio Profiled in Landscape Architecture Magazine

Among the hundreds of studios addressing the topic, Assistant Professor Maggie Hansen’s Spring 2021 studio “Prairie Time: Growing Dallas’ Green Quilt” was one of only three studios covered in-depth by the article.

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Students Win National Urban Design Competition

The team advanced from an initial round of 93 applications from more than 50 universities, and placed ahead of three other finalist teams from Harvard University, a joint team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University, and one from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Student Team Advances to ULI Competition Finals

Now in its 20th year, the annual ULI Hines Competition offers graduate students the opportunity to form their own multidisciplinary teams and engage in a challenging exercise in responsible land use.

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Texas Landscape Project Selected to Represent Nationwide Green New Deal Superstudio Initiative

Landscape architecture student Kristin Witte's project "Rooted Rubble" selected to serve as a representative sample of the Green New Deal Superstudio initiative.

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Phoebe Lickwar Awarded Prestigious Rome Prize

Phoebe Lickwar, associate professor of landscape architecture in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the 2021-2022 Rome Prize, one of the most highly regarded awards in the arts and humanities.

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Announcing Leadership Changes at the School

The School of Architecture announces new program and leadership appointments effective Fall 2021.

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Q&A with 2021 Design Futures Forum Student Participants

Five students reflect on the 2021 Design Futures Students Leadership Forum

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Allan Shearer Named to ASLA Council of Fellows

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Allan Shearer recognized for his contributions to the profession of landscape architecture

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MLA Student Selected as a Finalist in the 2021 Olmstead Scholars Program

MLA student Taylor Davis (MLA '21) a finalist in the Landscape Architecture Foundation's 2021 Olmstead Scholars Program

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Meet MLA Student Taylor Davis

Q&A with Landscape Architecture student Taylor Davis

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Phoebe Lickwar Awarded Prestigious Rome Prize

Associate Professor Phoebe Lickwar receives the prestigious Rome Prize to study remnant and lost practices of traditional agroecology.

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MLA Student Xiao (Phoebe) Cheng Receives National ASLA Honor Award

MLA student Xiao (Phoebe) Cheng receives American Society of Landscape Architects Honor Award

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ISSUE XVI Awarded the Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals

ISSUE XVI receives AIA New York’s Center for Architecture’s 2020 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals.

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Lord & Wyllie to offer Advanced Landscape Architecture Studio, Fall 2020

James Lord and Roderick Wyllie of Surface Design Inc., teach an Advanced Design Studio titled Planting Justice that will examine the potential for the landscape to be a tool and forum for activism, remediation, advocacy, and restoration.

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Landscape Architecture Alumnus’ Blue Index Investigates Relationship Between Waterscapes and Mental Wellbeing

Alum Kevin Jeffery (MLA '19) presents findings from Blue Index research project

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Associate Professor Phoebe Lickwar Featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine

Associate Professor Phoebe Lickwar's new book "Farmscape: The Design of Productive Landscapes" featured in June 2020 issue of Landscape Architecture Magazine.

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Two Student Teams Awarded ULI Hines Competition Honorable Mention

Teams include students within the School of Architecture’s Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Community & Regional Planning, and Architecture programs, as well as students from the McCombs School of Business.

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Visiting Landscape Architecture Professor: Gina Ford

Gina is teaching an advanced landscape architecture studio with Assistant Professor Maggie Hansen titled "A Feminist Lens on Franklin Park"

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Our Students Get Hired

Three of our design disciplines are ranked as among the “Most Hired From” programs in the country within our size group: Architecture at #1, Interior Design at #3, and Landscape Architecture at #4.

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Introducing Spring 2020 Visiting Faculty

Join us in welcoming these scholars and practitioners to UTSOA, where each of them will be teaching an advanced design studio this semester.

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2019-2020 Rankings: Three Programs Within Top Five

We are committed to preparing our students for life outside our halls – and we recently got the rankings to prove it.

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Landscape Architecture Student wins National ASLA Student Award of Excellence

The project was completed in an advanced landscape architecture studio exploring sustainable social and environmental modes of development in the coastal region of the Yucatán Peninsula.

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Introducing New and Visiting Faculty, Visiting Fellows for 2019-2020 Academic Year

Each brings a wealth of expertise that will diversify and enhance our academic research, leadership, and curriculum.

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Kevin Jeffrey Selected for River Network's Inaugural Emerging Leader Award

The Emerging Leader Award recognizes someone early in their professional career who deserves attention for their work at the intersection of water and equity.

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Interdisciplinary Student Teams Present Urban Design Solutions for Cincinnati in National ULI Hines Competition Finals

UT Austin student teams advance to the finals in the 2019 Urban Land Institute Gerald Hines Student Competition.

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CSD Helps Mayors Understand Role in Urban Design and Community Building

Center for Sustainable Development & Austin Mayor Steve Adler Host 7 Mayors at MICD East

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Into the Woods wins the Prix de la Création at the Festival International des Jardins

Into the Woods offers an experience of being lost in the forest of the future. Visitors are invited to follow a meditative path through dense plantations of young saplings which obscure the presence of others within the garden.

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Sara Zewde Appointed Race and Gender in the Built Environment Fellow

A thought-leader, landscape Designer, urbanist, and public artist, Zewde will cultivate innovation in teaching and research

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School Welcomes New Faculty in Landscape Architecture and Sustainable Design

Phoebe Lickwar and Aleksandra Jaeschke join the school’s faculty this fall.

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Shaping Our City: Urban Design Students and Faculty Contribute to Nationally Acclaimed South Central Waterfront Project in Austin

Graduate students worked with faculty and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) to provide impartial planning expertise for Austin’s waterfront areas along Lady Bird Lake

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