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LANDSCAPES ON FILM: CARE, PLACEMAKING, AND BELONGING ON BLACK LAND // 09.20.26 – 09.21.26

The ubiquity of phones and low-cost editing software has made film and video common modes of documenting our lives. For planners, designers, and preservationists,...

DESIGNING WITH PLANTS // 09.14.26

Noted garden designer Roy Diblik has spent more than 40 years studying, growing, and enjoying plants. He is the co-owner of Northwind Perennial Farm,...

Open Door: Tashana Starks

UVA School of Architecture's Director of Advising and Academic Support Tashana Starks is a trusted mentor and advocate who helps students navigate academic challenges...

TRUTH TELLING AS PLACE MAKING // 04.20.26

Truth telling is not always comfortable, but it is essential to honest design and to imagining a way forward. Both of our panelists will...

OUTSIDER PRESERVATION INITIATIVE KEYNOTE // 04.10.26

Through the UVA Center for Cultural Landscapes, Hackett has been working with our staff, stakeholders, and descendant communities to envision a new online platform...

MVRDV: CARBON CONFESSIONS // 04.02.26

As the world faces an increasingly urgent climate crisis, there is growing pressure for the construction industry to reduce its carbon emissions, prompting a...

THE NEW EARTH ARTS // 03.30.26

When we think of land art, we often recall iconic works of the 1960s and 70s—Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty or Walter De Maria’s Lightning...

Reflections on the Veneto: Venezia

Reflections on the Veneto: Venezia with Professor Mario di Valmarana (1929-2010) and Professor Emeritus Reuben M. Rainey. (Thumbnail image by France58 via Pixabay) source UC2vv6WYnXNA_0fx9l2_rnzA

Reflections on the Veneto: La Rotonda

Reflections on the Veneto: La Rotonda with Professor Mario di Valmarana (1929-2010) and Professor Emeritus Reuben M. Rainey. (Thumbnail image: Stefan Bauer, Wikimedia Commons,...