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Architecture student creates clothing company to spread positive message

Travis Weis, a third-year architecture major from Denver, created Release The Mind to help spread positivity through clothing that aims to simultaneously support the community and environment. Read more

Faces of ENVD | Rachel Lee Lavine

My professor has made a positive impact on me as a student because she shows up for every class with her bright, encouraging, and enthusiastic personality. Read more

Faces of ENVD | Bella Manzo

Bella is strong beyond words. She always commits herself to strong work, she supports groups that she works in, manages a nearly full-time job all while being sweet and kind to all she comes in contact with. I appreciate Bella so much. 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 and awards

Student work on exhibit at Eldora Mountain Resort

Six students from Senior Instructor Jade Polizzi’s advanced architecture studio Celebrating Snow have been selected to exhibit their work at the Eldora Mountain Resort through the end of March 2022. Read more

Landscape architecture studio helped school welcome new outdoor learning space

Students in the landscape architecture studio Green Schoolyards: Playgrounds of the Future partnered with Lafayette Open Spaces and Escuela Bilingüe Pioneer Elementary to host a soft opening of the new Lafayette Outdoor Classroom. Read more

ENVD hosts fall 2021 Open House: a night of celebration, recognition

Sounds of cheer and conversation filled ENVD 134, hallways and studios in the Environmental Design (ENVD) building last Friday, as ENVD opened to the public for a full-building exhibit, showcasing faculty and student work from the fall semester. Read more

Our faculty

Assistant Professor Jota Samper in TEDxCU talk

TEDxCU: How informal settlements (slums) will reshape the world

Environmental Design Assistant Professor Jota Samper recently gave a talk on TEDxCU. The talk focuses on Professor Samper's collaborations with students and communities alongside his research on informal Settlements. Read more

ENVD Assistant Professor to co-guest edit MAS Context with University of Miami Assistant Professor

In July, Environmental Design Assistant Professor Shawhin Roudbari was invited to co-guest edit issue 33 of MAS Context with Germane Barnes, assistant professor and director of The community, Housing and Identity LAB (CHIL) at the University of Miami. Read more

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ENVD assistant professor to guest edit issue 33 of MAS Context

Assistant Professor Shawhin Roudbari will guest-edit the next issue of MAS Context, collaborating with Germane Barnes, assistant professor and director of The Community, Housing & Identity Lab (CHIL). 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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Meet our students and faculty

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

Architecture student creates clothing company to spread positive message

Faces of ENVD | Rachel Lee Lavine

Faces of ENVD | Bella Manzo

Claudia O’Herron

Sara Taketatsu

Anna Cook

Kyle Burds

Student work and awards

Student work on exhibit at Eldora Mountain Resort

Landscape architecture studio helped school welcome new outdoor learning space

ENVD hosts fall 2021 Open House: a night of celebration, recognition

Our faculty

TEDxCU: How informal settlements (slums) will reshape the world

ENVD Assistant Professor to co-guest edit MAS Context with University of Miami Assistant Professor

ENVD assistant professor to guest edit issue 33 of MAS Context

Brian Muller

Emily Greenwood

Marcel de Lange

Danielle Rivera

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Meet our students and faculty

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