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Faces of ENVD | Joe Laform

Joe goes above and beyond to help students around ENVD. He is both a mentor and a comedian. Read more

Faces of ENVD | Lakin Fain

Lakin always has a smile on her face and is the most positive and loving human, and she never fails to bring other people up. Read more

Faces of ENVD | Sarah Fitzpatrick

Sarah Fitzpatrick, a third year in product design, runs a business repairing clothes and upcycling thrifted clothes for people on campus and even sells them at an artisan market in Boston. Read more

Claudia O’Herron

environmental product design

Sara Taketatsu

architecture

Anna Cook

environmental products design

Kyle Burds

architecture

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Student work exhibited at Art Parts Creative Reuse Center

Local non-profit exhibits first-year studio designs

Six student projects are on display at the Art Parts Creative Reuse Center, a Boulder non-profit creative reuse center. Read more

ENVD Scholarship Committee Announces 2023-2024 Research Award Recipients

The Environmental Design Scholarship Committee is proud to announce the 2023-2024 winners of the ENVD Research Award. The ENVD Research Award financially assists with senior-level ENVD honors and capstone projects. Congratulations to ENVD students Ellie Muncy and Ainsley McElwee! Read more

ENVD celebrates design, research accomplishments

The Open House is a building-wide exhibition of design and research produced by students and faculty during the fall semester. Read more

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Parking garages and parking lots – like these pictured in downtown Chicago in a 1956 aerial photograph – became a core feature of 20th-century U.S. urban development. Chicago History Museum/Getty Images

City planners are questioning the point of parking garages

Two assumptions undergird urban parking policy: Without convenient parking, car owners would be reluctant to patronize businesses; and absent a dedicated parking spot for their vehicle, they’d be less likely to rent and buy homes. Because parcels of urban land are usually small and pricey, developers will build multistory garages. And so today, a glut of these bulky concrete boxes clutter America’s densely populated cities. Read more

ENVD Teaching Assistant Professor instructs most popular Planetizen course of 2022

Specializing in transit-oriented development (TOD) since his undergraduate studies, Hersey was well prepared to present an introduction to the sustainable growth model as well as a deeper dive into TOD’s interaction with affordable housing. The latter course, Equitable Transit-Oriented Development, was among Planetizen Courses’ most popular classes of 2022. Read more

Contributing to a discussion in Brooklyn, hosted by Sono Motors to pioneer discussions about the next generation of urban transport infrastructure.

ENVD Professor Participates in Jefferson Science Fellowship Program during 2021-2022

Environmental Design Professor Kevin J. Krizek participated in the U.S. Department of State Jefferson Science Fellowships (JSF) program from 2021 to 2022. Read more

Brian Muller

Brian Muller is an associate professor in the Environmental Design Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he teaches environment and land use planning, planning history and spatial analysis. He holds an undergraduate degree from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California Berkeley. Read more…

Emily Greenwood

Emily Greenwood is an Instructor in the Environmental Design Program at the University of Colorado Boulder, specializing in landscape architecture, urban planning and ecological design. Emily’s professional work focuses on the design of sustainable native landscapes, wetland design, ecological restoration, trail and trailhead design, the design of playgrounds and learning landscapes, and meaningful residential landscape designs. Read more...

Marcel de Lange

Marcel has a Master’s Degree in Architecture and Architectural Engineering from the Delft University of Technology. (Delft is a QS top 20 university of technology worldwide.) Marcel is a licensed contractor, creative manager and has extensive experience in file to factory processes, fabrication, construction and design. He specializes in digital design and fabrication as well as computer modeling and building information modeling. Read more…

Danielle Rivera

Dr. Danielle Zoe Rivera is an urban designer and urban planner. Her research engages issues of urban informality and decolonization through both design and policy. These professional and theoretical inquiries frequently draw her to study community organizing, environmental justice, and social movements. Rivera’s current research examines urban informality in low-income Latino/a communities, primarily Mexican-American and Puerto Rican communities. Read more…

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Faces of ENVD | Sarah Fitzpatrick

Claudia O’Herron

Sara Taketatsu

Anna Cook

Kyle Burds

Student work and awards

Local non-profit exhibits first-year studio designs

ENVD Scholarship Committee Announces 2023-2024 Research Award Recipients

ENVD celebrates design, research accomplishments

Our faculty

City planners are questioning the point of parking garages

ENVD Teaching Assistant Professor instructs most popular Planetizen course of 2022

ENVD Professor Participates in Jefferson Science Fellowship Program during 2021-2022

Brian Muller

Emily Greenwood

Marcel de Lange

Danielle Rivera

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Meet our students and faculty

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Our students and faculty come from many backgrounds, with unique perspectives on the world and environment. Learn how Environmental Design is helping them design their future.

Faces of ENVD

Claudia O’Herron

Sara Taketatsu

Anna Cook

Kyle Burds

Student work and awards

Our faculty

Brian Muller

Emily Greenwood

Marcel de Lange

Danielle Rivera