Environmental Design fosters a diverse community of thinkers and doers, whether your interests are in the arts, science, social policy or history, Environmental Design is the right place for you.
Our interdisciplinary approach to design education combines the practices of architecture, landscape architecture, sustainable planning and environmental products of design, so that you can build the necessary design foundations to become the next generation of creators, designers, doers and makers.
Recent Environmental Design Stories
Recovering Boulder's tree canopy through community engagement
In partnership with the City of Boulder, CEDaR, along with principal investigators Michael Szuberla and Sara Tabatabaie, are analyzing residents’ baseline knowledge of the Emerald Ash Borer and proposing ways to address the infestation through environmental education efforts, as well as public-private partnerships. Read more
2019 Environmental Design Open House
Environmental Design held it's first spring open house on May 2, 2019, an end-of-the-year celebration exhibiting student work throughout the building. Following the open house, the People's Choice awards were announced at the student social, hosted at the Rayback Collective. Read more
ENVD students help create Boulder’s first-ever child-friendly city map
Any parent knows that traditional maps are not designed with kids in mind. But a new child-friendly city map is helping kids learn how to navigate their way around Boulder, thanks to Growing Up Boulder, a CU Boulder program that partners with Boulder Valley School District and the City of Boulder. The map, and the event to celebrate the map, are free to the community thanks to the generous support of the Boulder Library Foundation, Boulder Community Health Foundation, and the Boulder JCC. Read more
