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Denver's green space is shrinking
The spiking heat dissipates in leafy central neighborhoods, said professor Austin Troy, chairman of CU Denver’s department of urban and regional planning. Hardest hit are the mostly paved downtown areas, RiNo and newly overhauled areas along the concrete I-25 and I-70 corridors, Troy said. Trees can help ease the heat. But Denver lags in trees and shrubs, with a 9.6-percent cover in 2009, compared, for example, with a 53-percent cover in Atlanta, a 2012 urban forestry study found.
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CAP welcomes Marc Swackhamer, Professor and Chair of Architecture Department
Jun 17, 2019, 12:00 AM by CAPThe College of Architecture and Planning is pleased to announce that Marc Swackhamer will be joining the College of Architecture and Planning as Professor and Chair of the Architecture Department on August 1, 2019.Full story -
ColoradoBuildingWorkshop receives AIA Small Project Award for ROMO toilets
Jun 7, 2019, 11:11 AM by CAPCU Denver's design-build program received recognition from AIA for their Long's Peak Toilet project. This project explores humane waste collection and lightweight prefabricated construction in order to minimize the human footprint in Colorado's backcountry.Full story -
Master of Lanscape Architecture student named 2019 Olmsted Scholar
May 24, 2019, 12:00 AM by CAPAreti Athanasopoulos, a Master of Landscape Architecture student, was named 2019 Olmstead Scholar for her research developing a spatial framework that can be used to revise United Nations policies and refugee camp planning standards.Full story
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