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This fall, UC Berkeley’s Master of Urban Design program is presenting The Challenge of Whole Earth Urbanism, a three-part symposium that aims to engage the entire College of Environmental Design community in a discussion of urbanism. 

Introducing the lineup of speakers for the fall 2025 Department of Architecture lecture series.

This interdisciplinary lecture series considers the role of technology in shaping our landscapes and cities, past and present, and asks the question, “Can technology fix what technology broke?” We’ve invited speakers from a range of disciplines to critically assess the compelling opportunities, as well as the potential downsides, of generative AI and other new technologies that are increasingly becoming part of our design and research practices. 

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design Kristina Hill, a leading expert on adapting cities to rising sea levels and groundwater due to climate change, was awarded the 2025 Landscape Architecture Foundation Medal. One of the foundation’s highest honors, this annual award recognizes a landscape architect for distinguished work over a career in applying the principles of sustainability to landscapes.

The Department of Architecture welcomes Diana J. S. Martinez (BA Architecture 2001), a scholar of the architecture of U.S. empire with a focus on the Philippines, to the faculty as assistant professor in architectural history and theory.