The College of Built Environments is the architecture and urban planning school of the

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. The College offers programs in

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and construction, constructi ...

construction management Construction management (CM) aims to control the quality of a construction project's scope, time, and cost (sometimes referred to as a project management triangle or "triple constraints") to maximize the project owner's satisfaction. It uses pro ...

landscape architecture Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes. It involves the systematic design and general engineering of various structures for constructio ...

, real estate, and

urban planning Urban planning (also called city planning in some contexts) is the process of developing and designing land use and the built environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas, such as transportatio ...

. From 1957 to 2009, the College was known as the College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Today, the College of Built Environments is made up of five core units: Architecture/Architectural Design, Construction Management, Landscape Architecture, Real Estate, and Urban Design & Planning. It also houses two interdisciplinary Ph.D. degrees, as well as several other interdisciplinary centers and institutes. The 2009 name change reflects an integrated approach to planning, design, and construction that will be necessary to take on the 21st-century global challenges of urbanization and climate change.

History

The college traces its history to 1914, when the Department of Architecture was founded (initially as a subdivision in a College of Fine Arts). The department grew slowly and focused strictly on architecture until the early 1940s, when a city planning curriculum was inaugurated. After the Second World War, the architecture and planning programs grew rapidly. The College of Architecture and Urban Planning was established in 1957; Arthur Herrman was the first dean. Architecture and Urban Planning (now Urban Design and Planning) were established as separate departments within the CAUP by 1961; Landscape Architecture and Building Construction (now Construction Management) were established as departments later in the 1960s. In 2017, the program in Real Estate, initially housed in the Department of Urban Design & Planning, became the Runstad Department of Real Estate. Other degrees and programs were added in the last fifty years, for example the Ph.D. in the Built Environment in 2003. In 2007, the faculty of the college began searching for a new name. The Regents of the University of Washington approved the name in fall 2008. The College of Built Environments name became official effective in January 2009.

Facilities

The College is housed in Gould Hall (named after Carl F. Gould, founder and first head of the Department of Architecture), Architecture Hall (constructed 1907–9 to serve as a chemistry building, but used during the

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as the Fine Arts Palace), and several smaller structures. The College has multiple facilities for supporting the work of students, faculty, and staff, including the Fabrications Labs (a 6000 square foot facility with tools and equipment for wood and metal fabrication as well as CNC tools and equipment for digital fabrication), the Digital Commons (which houses Computing Services for the College), and the Visual Resources Collection. The Built Environments Library, a unit of the University of Washington Libraries is housed on the third floor of Gould Hall.

Departments, programs, and administration

The five CBE departments offer degrees in

and real estate. The College offers a college-wide Ph.D. in the Built Environment, and participates in an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Planning. Two interdisciplinary certificate programs are shared by multiple departments across the college: Urban Design and Historic Preservation. The CBE is led by interim Dean Ken Yocom who is advised by several Associate Deans. The Dean heads the CBE Executive Committee which includes the Associate Deans, the Department Chairs, and other administrative and staff leaders in the college. The Dean is also advised by the College Council, the elected faculty council (similar to the elected faculty councils found in all University of Washington schools and colleges). The College Council provides a structure for direct faculty input at the highest level of college administration. The CBE also has a college-wide Staff Council and a college-wide Student Council, vehicles for staff and student participation in college governance.

Notable faculty

Steve Badanes Steven Paul "Steve" Badanes is widely known for his practice and teaching of design/build. He is a founding member of the Jersey Devil design/build practice, and is currently a Professor in the University of Washington Department of Architecture, ...

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* Francis D.K. Ching *

Meredith Clausen Meredith L. Clausen (born 1942) is an American architectural history, architectural historian, and professor emeritus in the School of Art and the Department of Architecture at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA.

Lee Copeland Lee G. Copeland (born March 26, 1937) is an American architect and urban designer. He served as Dean of the University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning (now College of Built Environments) from 1972 to 1979 and thereafter a ...

* Carl F. Gould *

Richard Haag Richard Haag (October 23, 1923 – May 9, 2018) was an American landscape architect who was known for his role in Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington and on the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island. Richard Haag's modernist and minimalist ...

* Grant Hildebrand * Phillip Jacobson *

Norman Johnston Norman J. Johnston (3 December 1918 – 16 March 2015) was a Professor in the Departments of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning in the University of Washington College of Built Environments. Education Johnston was born in Seat ...

Wendell Lovett Wendell Harper Lovett (April 2, 1922 - September 18, 2016) was a Pacific Northwest architect and teacher. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Lovett entered the University of Washington program in architecture in 1940, but his college years ...

* David Miller * Jeffrey Ochsner *

Sergio Palleroni Sergio Palleroni is an American architect and academic. He is a professor and fellow at Portland State University. He directs the Center for Public Interest Design (CPID). He received National Education Awards from the AIA, the NCARB, and the US ...

Lionel Pries Lionel H. ("Spike") Pries (June 1, 1897 – April 7, 1968), was a leading architect, artist, and educator in the Pacific Northwest. Early life and education Lionel Pries was born in San Francisco and raised in Oakland. His father work ...

Hermann Pundt Hermann Johannes Gustav Pundt (28 August 1928 – 17 September 2000) was a German-born American architectural historian who was a professor in the University of Washington Department of Architecture. Biography Pundt was born and raised in Berl ...

Michael Pyatok Michael Pyatok FAIA ( ; born 1944) is an Oakland-based architect widely known for his expertise in the development and design of low-income and affordable housing. He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Helsinki, Finland where he studied the housing po ...

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Paul Schell Paul Schell (born Paul Ervin Schlachtenhaufen; October 8, 1937 – July 27, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 50th mayor of Seattle, Washington, from 1998 to 2002. Early life and education The oldest of six children ...

Victor Steinbrueck Victor Eugene Steinbrueck (December 15, 1911 - February 14, 1985) was an American architect, best known for his efforts to preserve Seattle's Pioneer Square and Pike Place Market. He authored several books and was also a University of Washingto ...

David Streatfield David Streatfield is a widely recognized architectural history, historian of landscape architecture and long-time professor in the University of Washington College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Department of Landscape Architecture at the Unive ...

* Sharon E. Sutton * Harlan Thomas *

George Tsutakawa George Tsutakawa (, February 22, 1910 – December 18, 1997) was an American painter and sculptor best known for his avant-garde bronze fountain designs. Born in Seattle, Washington, he was raised in both the United States and Japan. He att ...

* Astra Zarina

Notable alumni

* Ken Anderson * Ralph Anderson *

Elizabeth Ayer Elizabeth Ayer (October 13, 1897 – August 4, 1987) is recognized as a pioneering architect in Seattle, Washington, whose professional activities stretched over more than five decades. She was the first woman to graduate from the professional arc ...

* Fred Bassetti *

Welton Becket Welton David Becket (August 8, 1902 – January 16, 1969) was an American modern architect who designed many buildings in Los Angeles, California. Biography Becket was born in Seattle, Washington and graduated from the University of Washingt ...

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Mary Lund Davis Mary Lund Davis (1922–2008) was a 20th-century modern architect of the Pacific Northwest and one of the few women to graduate from the University of Washington School of Architecture in the 1940s. Early life and education Mary Lund was born on ...

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* Robert L. Durham * Alexander Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme * L. Jane Hastings *

Anne Gould Hauberg Anne Gould Hauberg (November 13, 1917 – April 11, 2016) was an American civic activist, philanthropist, and patroness of the arts. Annie Laurie Westbrook Gould (she later changed this to Anne Westbrook Gould) was the daughter of Seattle archite ...

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Perry Johanson Perry Johanson (9 May 1910 in Greeley, Colorado – 15 June 1981 in Seattle) was a Seattle architect and one of the founders of the architectural firm NBBJ. Johanson enrolled in the architecture program at the University of Washington in 1929 ...

* A. Quincy Jones *

Grant Jones Grant Richard Jones (August 29, 1938 – June 21, 2021) was an American landscape architect, poet, and founding principal of the Seattle firm Jones & Jones Architects, Landscape Architects and Planners. In more than four decades of practice, his ...

* Paul Hayden Kirk *

Tom Kundig Tom Kundig (born 1954) is an American architect and principal in the Seattle-based firm Olson Kundig Architects. He has won numerous professional honors. In 2015, Princeton Architectural Press released ''Tom Kundig: Works'', a collection of Kun ...

* Benjamin McAdoo * David McKinley (architect) *

George Nakashima George Katsutoshi Nakashima ( ''Nakashima Katsutoshi'', May 24, 1905 – June 15, 1990) was an American woodworker and architect. In 1983, he accepted the Order of the Sacred Treasure, an honor bestowed by the Emperor of Japan and the Japanese ...

Laurie Olin Laurie Olin (born 1938, Marshfield, Wisconsin) is an American landscape architect. He has worked on landscape design projects at diverse scales, from private residential gardens to public parks and corporate/museum campus plans. Early life Olin g ...

* Norman Pfeiffer *

Peter Steinbrueck Peter Steinbrueck (born October 14, 1957) is an American architect and politician from Seattle, Washington. He is the principal and founder of Steinbrueck Urban Strategies and was a member of the Seattle City Council from 1997 to 2008. He also wa ...

* Jennifer Taylor * Roland Terry * Paul Thiry *

Wang Chiu-Hwa Wang Chiu-Hwa (; 8 August 1925 – 14 June 2021) was a Taiwanese architect noted for her work with libraries in Taiwan. Due to the many libraries she designed and the fact she pioneered the earliest modern university library in Taiwan, Wang was ...

* Walter Wurdeman *

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* Astra Zarina

References

* Booth, T. William, and Wilson, William H., ''Carl F. Gould: A Life in Architecture and the Arts'',

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, Seattle and London 1995. * Johnston, Norman J., ''Architectural Education at the University of Washington: The Gould Years'', College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Seattle 1987. * Johnston, Norman J., ''The College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Seventy Five Years at the University of Washington: A Personal View'', College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Seattle 1991. * Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, ''Lionel H. Pries, Architect, Artist, Educator: From Arts and Crafts to Modern Architecture''

, Seattle and London, 2007. * Ochsner, Jeffrey Karl, "Modern or Traditional? Lionel H. Pries and Architectural Education at the University of Washington, 1928-1942", ''Pacific Northwest Quarterly'' 96 (Summer 2005), pages 132-150.

External links

College of Built Environments website
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