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  • The life and legacy of Anthony Costa Heywood

    March 5, 2025

    Anthony Costa Heywood, 2024 (photo credit: Roberto Pomi) Anthony Costa Heywood, known affectionately as Tony, passed away on November 18, 2024. He was the husband of renowned architect and University of Washington professor Astra Zarina, the founder of the UW Rome Center. A distinguished architect and one of the last permanent residents of Civita di…


  • In Memory of James (Jim) Donnette - M.Arch. alumnus and Emeritus Associate Professor

    February 25, 2025

    James (Jim) Donnette Jim Donnette passed away on November 10, 2024, after a life marked by optimism, adventure, and dedication to teaching. Jim was an alumnus of the UW Master of Architecture program (1969) and a member of the UW Architecture faculty for 30 years. Raised in Torrance, California, Jim earned an AA in Aeronautical…


  • Chair's New Year Message

    January 15, 2025

    Newly installed “storefront” display in the Chair’s Office window in Gould Hall | Photo: Ali Ahmed Dear Alumni and Friends, I hope that this letter finds you and yours healthy and thriving as we enter 2025. Now in my second year as chair, I’m delighted to tell you that the department is healthy and thriving…


  • Professor Ann Huppert Receives NEH Fellowship for Research

    January 6, 2025

    Ann Huppert

    Ann C. Huppert, Associate Professor of Architectural History, has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) fellowship to support her ongoing project, The Culture of Construction in Sixteenth-Century Rome.


  • Forbes America’s Top 200 Residential Architects

    November 25, 2024

    We are thrilled to recognize our alums and faculty who are recognized in Forbes America’s Top 200 Residential Architects !   Courtyard House on a River by Robert Hutchison Forbes America’s Top 200 Residential Architects: atelierjones Susan Jones (Affiliate Associate Professor) chadbourne + doss architects Lisa Chadbourne (MArch ‘98), Daren Doss (MArch ‘97) Cutler Anderson…


  • ARCADE NW Launch

    November 15, 2024

    Celebrate the Launch of Collaboration Join us for the launch of our latest print journal, 41.2: Collaboration, at Gould Hall on the University of Washington campus on Friday, Nov. 22 from 6-8 pm! For this issue, ARCADE has partnered with the University of Washington's College of Built Environments Architecture Writing class, taught by Lauren Gallow,…