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In The Marketplace of Ideas, Louis Menand assesses the potential for reform in twenty-first century higher education. Menand describes three dominant modes of knowledge production in today’s university: research that takes interest in the way things are, research that takes interest in what things mean, and research that takes interest in how people behave—respectively empiricism (evidence-based science), hermeneutics (the science of interpretation), and their various intertwinements. The combined vocabularies of our college constitute a fourth mode of knowledge production based on the convergence of poetic reasoning, empirical research, and creative practice. This fourth branch of research takes an interest in the ratio of the way things are to the way they could be. The distinguishing ingredient of this mode of producing and advancing knowledge is design. Among the most useful and ecumenical definitions of design comes from the renowned political economist Herbert Simon: “everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.” Continue reading... Architecture Alumnus
Steven Holl Receives Top Honor A native of Bremerton, Wash., Holl is known for taking architecture into the realm of the poetic; indeed, to the edge of what’s physically possible. But he also takes seriously such practical matters as energy conservation. Holl’s best-known works include an addition to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Modern Art in Kansas City: five interconnected structures that, like all of Holl’s projects, began with watercolor drawings. For Seattle University, Holl designed the Chapel of St. Ignatius. Read more... Chad and Emily Robertson's Furniture Designs Featured
in Seattle Magazine’s January 2012 Issue Construction Management Alumnus Grant Madril Helps Harness
Wind Power in Oklahoma Recent Architecture Graduate Titus Uomoto Keeps Creatively Minded Jock Sewall, AIA Publishes New Book on Mediterranean Architecture Blake Williams, AIA Teaches Future Architects at
UMASS-Amherst
WSU Center Merges
UW Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies In January 2012, the Washington Center for Real Estate Research at WSU merged with the Runstad Center for Real Estate Studies at the UW. Glenn Crellin, 61, who directed the WSU center, has become associate director of research for the Runstad Center, which is part of the UW College of Built Environments. He brings years of experience in residential real estate to Runstad, which has heavily focused on commercial real estate. Read more... Construction Management Department
Engages the Community UDP Studio Project Receives APA/PAW
Award Landscape Architecture Design Studio Wins 2012 International SEED Award Professor Jeffrey Ochsner Wins 2012 Association of
Collegiate Schools of Architecture Distinguished Professor Award Insurgent Public Space and Contemporary
Urbanism: Series of Talks by Professor Jeff Hou Professor Fritz Wagner Co-edits New
Book on Livable Communities UDP's Chuck Wolfe Sustains a Broad Web Presence
Norman "Bud" Aehle (BArch '51) Robert J. Burman (BArch '52) Douglas P. Haner (BArch '53) José D. Montaño (BArch '51) BE Involved Please join us for the BE Lecture Series, colloquia, industry speakers, and more. Keep up to date on the latest happenings by visiting: www.be.washington.edu/Events
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Steven Holl
Seattle Magazine’s January 2012 issue featured a story on Department of Architecture alumni Chad (MArch '07) and Emily (BArch '05) Robertson, owners of the collaborative design and furniture studio 
Construction
Management alumnus Grant Madril (BS '11) wrote in from western Oklahoma to share details
about his work with Mortenson Construction providing quality control for the
construction of a series of 78-meter tall wind turbines on the 
Titus Uomoto (MArch '11) imagines his career as bringing joy to
communities through designing functional and aesthetically pleasing public
buildings. As he pursues that dream, he found a more immediate way to
bring joy to his community through design. His love of design and his entrepreneurial
spirit have led him and his brothers to start a clothing company in the
basement of their house. F-Rock Clothing Company was founded in 2005 by Titus
and 2 other members of a Seattle based break-dancing crew by the name of
Fraggle Rock. Since its inception, F-Rock has grown to a full-fledged 
Jock Sewall, AIA (MArch ’75) has a new book out
titled, 
Blake
Williams, AIA (BArch ’87) teaches graduate architecture at the 
Fremont Troll Chia Pet On Local Shelves
A merger between academic
real estate centers at the University of Washington and Washington State
University will broaden the reach of the Runstad Center in Seattle, say people
connected to the agreement.
The Construction Management Department hosted three successful community events, including the inaugural Construction Industry Research Conference (CIRC), Lean Construction Seminar, and King County Construction Days for High School Students. The College's newest facility - the 
On Friday,
October 21, 2011, the 2011 American Planning Association (APA)/Planning
Association of Washington (PAW) Awards were announced and presented at the
Joint Washington/Oregon APA State Planning Conference by the Washington and
Oregon Chapters of the American Planning Association in Portland, Oregon. UDP affiliate
faculty member Alon Bassok and seven students from his URBDP 508 Transportation
and Land Use studio course were presented with an award for their project
titled: 
The 
Department
of Architecture Professor Jeffrey Karl Ochsner is a recipient of the
Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture’s (ACSA) 
Jeff Hou, Associate Professor and
Chair of Landscape Architecture, has been delivering a series of talks on the
topic of insurgent public space and contemporary urbanism since last fall. In September
2011, he was the inaugural speaker for the City Series at the New School in New
York. While at the New School, he was also a panelist at a symposium titled
“Making Cities, Whither Design?” Last December, Professor Hou authored the 
Fritz Wagner, Research Professor in the Department
of Urban Design and Planning, and Managing Director of the NW Center for
Livable Communities, and Professor Roger Caves, San Diego State University,
co-edited a book titled, 
Chuck Wolfe,
Affiliate Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Design and Planning
and a practicing attorney specializing in land use, environmental law and
permitting, is bringing his professional expertise to several notable on-line
news and information sites: 
Department of Landscape Architecture Lecture
April 19-21, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012 @ 6:00 PM
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