The 2024-2025 Awardees for the Johnston-Hastings Endowment Publication and Travel awards have been selected. The Johnston-Hastings Endowments are in honor of Emeritus Professor Norman J. Johnston and his wife, L. Jane Hastings, established and endowed travel support and publications support …
Research Theme: History & Theory & Conservation
Includes historical/theoretical analysis, conservation, land reuse and adaptation
Magdalena Haakenstad
Magdalena Haakenstad, Postdoctoral Scholar in Urban Planning for Health in the University of Washington Department of Urban Design and Planning in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is a cultural anthropologist interested in environmental health, means and strategies of political negotiation, visual …
Built Environment and Public Health: More Than 20 Years of Progress
Rollings, K. A., Dannenberg, A. L., Frumkin, H., & Jackson, R. J. (2024). Built Environment and Public Health: More Than 20 Years of Progress. American Journal of Public Health (1971), 114(1), 27-.
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Analysis of the Dong bao Ye as sacred landscape and its Putative therapeutic mechanisms
Yang, S., Liu, J., & Winterbottom, D. (2023). Analysis of the Dong bao Ye as sacred landscape and its Putative therapeutic mechanisms. Health & Place, 83, 103102–103102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103102
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CBE Research Restart Funding: Progress and Updates
The College of Built Environments awarded Research Restart funding to multiple project teams in 2022. Below are descriptions of their progress and project status to-date.
July 2022 Cohort:
- Arthur Acolin received funding for their project entitled “Accessory Dwelling Units
Detecting Subpixel Human Settlements in Mountains Using Deep Learning: A Case of the Hindu Kush Himalaya 1990–2020
Chen, T.-H. K., Pandey, B., & Seto, K. C. (2023). Detecting subpixel human settlements in mountains using deep learning: A case of the Hindu Kush Himalaya 1990–2020. Remote Sensing of Environment, 294, 113625–. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113625
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A House Deconstructed
Jarzombek, M. & Prakash, V. (2023). A House Deconstructed. Actar Publishers.
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Architecture and Democracy: Unitarian Churches
Once we get past the narrative of the “star architect”, you’d be surprised at what you might learn about the role that social and cultural movements had on the buildings we’re surrounded by today. There were a lot of unexpected …
College of Built Environments Announces 2023 Inspire Fund Awards
In 2021, the College of Built Environments launched the CBE Inspire Fund to “inspire” CBE research activities that are often underfunded, but for which a relatively small amount of support can be transformative. The Inspire Fund aims to support research …
American Unitarian Churches: Architecture of a Democratic Religion
Borys, Ann Marie (2021). American Unitarian Churches: Architecture of a Democratic Religion. University of Massachusetts Press.