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Stephen Wischer, a Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS) alum, and associate professor of architecture and landscape architecture at North Dakota State University (NDSU) in Fargo, has been named by DesignIntelligence as one of its 30 Most Admired Educators for 2014.

Yves Poitras, a first-year architecture student from the Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS), has been awarded the 2014 Dialog Scholarship in Honour of Michael Evamy. Yves is the first EVDS student to win this prestigious national award since its inception.

Windmills should stand on the rooftops of every house in Calgary. Solar panels should line the south face of every building. Condominium walls should be solid bricks of straw, while the walls of single-family homes should be thick sod packed into discarded tires.

At this time of year, when our students look forward to a summer of work, travel and adventure, we consider this bright future in the face of the dark and disturbing events that occurred April 15. 

The Faculty of Environmental Design (EVDS) celebrates the excellence and creativity of its students in a new exhibition, Sustainability in the City, opening in the Kasian Gallery on Apr 2, 2014. The exhibition features the results of several field studies carried out in block week courses in the Netherlands over the last four years.

Craig Le Blanc and Francisco Alaniz Uribe of EVDS have been recognized for their outstanding contributions to teaching, learning, and student success as recipients of the inaugural University of Calgary Teaching Awards.

As part of EVDS' semester-long study abroad program, Master of Architecture candidate Gabriel Hernández Solano travelled to Barcelona, Spain, to document informal settlements and the resulting urban and spatial typologies, patterns, and consequences.

The Faculty of Environmental Design has received a donation of 350 books on landscape architecture in anticipation of a possible Master of Landscape Architecture program. The donation comes to the university as an expression of support from Peter Jacobs, a professor at l'Université de Montréal, and a leading figure in landscape architecture education.

The ink was barely dry on a new agreement of collaboration between the University of Calgary and one of Latin America’s largest universities when three assistant professors were sent for a week of lectures and knowledge exchange.

Edmonton’s McKernan Community Centre held its grand opening on Sunday, February 23. Over 140 families celebrated alongside government officials and community groups at the re-opening of the facility, which underwent significant reconstruction to address health and accessibility issues.