Stories about studios + projects
RISD and URI Offer Joint Program on Coastal Sustainability
Beginning in fall 2019 graduate students will explore interdisciplinary approaches to coastal environmental issues.
Maharam Fellows Explore New Frontiers
Eleven students and new graduates are bringing valuable critical thinking skills to nonprofits around the world.
Seeing the Forest for the Trees
Landscape architect Phoebe Lickwar MLA 06 reflects on two recent collaborations and a rewarding design approach she developed as a student at RISD.
Intense Focus on the Rohingya
RISD students and faculty grapple with real-world problems at Brown University’s Hack for Humanity.
Recent Grads Win Recognition
Landscape Architecture alumni Siyi He MLA 17 and Yixin Ren MLA 17 are awarded a $20,000 prize for their proposed mixed-income housing complex incorporating multiple community gardens.
Water in the Desert, Ceramics in the Landscape
In a cross-disciplinary fall studio, Landscape Architecture and Ceramics students explored ideas for preserving water resources—and ways of life—in the American Southwest.
Recent Grad Explores Paradoxes of Place
Through his emerging fine art practice, recent Landscape Architecture graduate Senbo Yang MLA 16 is focusing on the effects of displacement among 21st-century nomads.
The Return of 10,000 Suns
Landscape Architecture Critic Adam E. Anderson MLA 12 raised seed money and led a team of volunteers to bring a joyous vision to life on the edge of RISD’s campus.
Hands-on Help for Women
Victims of human trafficking in Louisville, KY are benefiting from life-changing opportunities made possible through an innovative startup called Anchal.