Environmental Design

For generations of design students at CU Boulder, the third floor of the Environmental Design building was more than just a workspace – it was a canvas for creativity and community. This summer marks another iteration of third floor updates and while there may not be a wall of carpet addition, the third floor will be, in many ways, student-oriented once again.

CEDaR is one of 75 research hubs housed within the CU Boulder campus community and is the only one that has a direct relationship with the Program in Environmental Design (ENVD). The COVID-19 pandemic, however, diminished the capacity of the Center to engage with both the community at large and the students within the program. Over the past year, the two directors have been working to rebuild momentum lost during the pandemic and reorient the Center in a new direction.

On Wednesday, April 12, a buzzing group of health care professionals, city planners, parks department representatives, educators, and community members came together to discuss the growing evidence that time spent in nature can support both mental and physical health.

Celebrating Peggy Gordon's contributions to the Department of Environmental Design after 27 years with CU

ENVD welcomes new faculty and staff

Each spring, a group of environmental design honors students defend their theses to their dedicated thesis committee. Afterward, the Honors Council meets and awards Latin honors at the levels of cum laude, magna cum laude or summa cum laude.

The Program in Environmental Design hosted its Open House exhibition on Dec. 15, 2023

The University of Colorado Boulder Program in Environmental Design has announced the recipient of the 2024 Environmental Design Alumni Awards. This year’s honoree for the Distinguished Alumni Award is Mark Meiser and the Young Designer Award recipient is Kate Sector.

A central conference room in the Environmental Design building, typically referenced as ENVD 134A, has been reimagined, redesigned and repurposed

Over the summer, a hard-working group of faculty, staff and students spent months updating studio spaces in both the basement and eastern wing of the third floor of the ENVD building.