environmental design News Archive

Students
Environmental design student finds inspiration abroad with Global Skills Opportunity funding
January 27, 2025 —
For Dae Williams, Global Skills Opportunity funding was the catalyst for a whirlwind tour around Europe this summer, learning about landscapes and discovering design inspiration.

Faculty of Architecture
SCALE 1:1 LIGNEOUS ARTEFACTS FOR LAKE MANITOBA FIRST NATION’S NEW GREEN HEART
September 25, 2024 —
Ligneous Artefacts is the title of the ARCG 7102 studio during the summer term of 2024. The goal was to design and build a series of non-standardized site-specific features for the Shared Path, that turns a site on Lake Manitoba First Nation land into a gathering place where young and old can meet, share, and create new stories.

Faculty of Architecture
10 Questions With… Heidi Painchaud [B.I.D. ’94]
April 19, 2024 —
Heidi Painchaud [B.I.D. '94] talks workplace design and more.

Master of Landscape Architecture Students Awarded National Recognitions
April 1, 2024 —
Master of Landscape Architecture student receive national awards!

Faculty of Architecture
FAUM Students Excel in Steelcase NEXT Student Design Competition
March 11, 2024 —
MID students finish on top at international design competition.

Faculty of Architecture
James Kinoshita (BArch/56) : The Modest Man Behind Modernist Icons
January 26, 2024 —
Icons often represent a city. The Statue of Liberty for New York. The Eiffel Tower for Paris. The Opera House for Sydney. These beacons are more than art or architecture: they represent the collective aspirations of a people, a place, a slice of time when everything seemed possible.

Human Rights Day Spotlight: Design grad, Judith Cheung
December 7, 2023 —
December 10th marks the 75th anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).For more on this timely topic, read the UM Today The Magazine story with environmental design grad Judith Cheung [BEnvD/11].

Faculty of Architecture
Undergraduate Research: Environmental Designers Driving Discovery
September 3, 2021 —
Ten Faculty of Architecture students earned Undergraduate Research Awards this summer. Valued at $7,000 each, these awards enable students to work with researchers on projects that develop skills, drive discovery and inspire future studies and career trajectories.

Faculty of Architecture
A letter from the Dean | Year End Exhibition 2020 – 2021
June 24, 2021 —
The Year End Exhibition celebrates the creative work for the students in the Faculty of Architecture. Visit www.yearendexhibition.com to view the 2020-2021 student work.

Faculty of Architecture
Barkman Concrete Design Competition Winners Announced
December 5, 2020 —
Emma Dicks, Matthew Glowacki, and Bryce Stovin's design wins 1st place in Barkman Design Competition