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Associate Professor Richard Hindle, whose research and teaching center on the histories and future of landscape technology with an emphasis on the design of living systems, will begin his term as interim chair this summer.

Professor of Architecture Raveevarn Choksombatchai is retiring from the university after 30 years of teaching in the College of Environmental Design. Founder and principal of VeeV Design, Raveevarn will continue to pursue her creative practice after retiring from teaching.

A new report from the Terner Center for Housing Innovation finds that some metro areas have outperformed national trends in building housing in walkable neighborhoods. Understanding what these cities have done may help others make similar progress.

For the first time, Berkeley teams came out on top in the 2025 Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition. The theme for this year’s competition, which received entries from schools across the country, was “designing for disasters.”

UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design is excited to announce that Justin Kollar will be teaching the InCity program this summer. Kollar brings a tremendous breadth of experience in academia and practice  —spanning global planning, urban design, and critical research — to the InCity studio. There are still some spots left: apply today!