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Mar 5, 2026
New automated mapping approach has potential to revolutionize fire suppression, research from UC Berkeley shows
A new paper from PhD candidate in Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning Minho Kim, with Professor of City & Regional Planning Marta Gonzalez and Marc Castellnou of the Catalan Fire Service, details a novel computational approach that helps anticipate fire movement before it happens, with the aim of preventing catastrophic wildfires. The paper, “Modeling Potential Fire Spread Polygons and Networks for Suppression Strategies,” was published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
Feb 26, 2026
Five CED faculty contribute to new Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Practice
The Routledge Handbook of Urban Design Practice, with contributions by five CED authors, aims to provide innovative, “actionable steps to empower practitioners, students, and academics in creating vibrant and sustainable cities.”
Feb 24, 2026
CED alums elevated to 2026 class of the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows
We are proud that three graduates of the Department of Architecture were elevated this year to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. Congratulations to Rossana Hu (BA 1990), Hon. FAIA; Mary Ruppenthal (MArch 1999), FAIA; and Bryan Young (BA 1997), FAIA.
Feb 11, 2026
In JAPA, Zachary Lamb asks us to consider if manufactured home parks are “good urbanism”
In a paper published recently in the Journal of the American Planning Association, Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning Zachary Lamb and his co-authors assess the spatial characteristics of manufactured home parks in the Bay Area to find out if, counter-intuitively, they could be examples of “good urbanism.”
Events
Lu Liang: Geospatial Intelligence for Environmental Design | Public Land, Public Space, Public Discourse
Mon | Mar 9, 2026
6 – 7:30 pm
112 Bauer Wurster Hall
Renee Y. Chow: A Call to Architects | Architecture Lecture
Wed | Mar 11, 2026
7 – 8:30 pm
112 Bauer Wurster Hall
Anna Brand: Abolitionist Archive | Public Land, Public Space, Public Discourse
Mon | Mar 16, 2026
6 – 7:30 pm
112 Bauer Wurster Hall
Lawrence Scarpa: The Power of Beauty: Why it Matters | Architecture Lecture
Wed | Mar 18, 2026
6 – 7:30 pm
112 Bauer Wurster Hall
When Repair Isn’t Enough: Architecture and the Right to Heal | Architecture Symposium
Thu | Mar 19, 2026
12 – 2 pm
Geballe Room, Townsend Center for the Humanities, Stephens Hall
Research Fellow Talks | Environmental Design Archives
Fri | Mar 20, 2026
1 – 2 pm
Online, via Zoom