Environmental Design University of Colorado Boulder

Environmental Design University of Colorado Boulder ENVD connects people with our built and natural worlds. Here, you can create innovative designs for the next generation of buildings and environments.

The Department of Environmental Design at CU Boulder fosters a diverse community of thinkers and doers in architecture, environmental products of design, landscape architecture and sustainable planning & urban design. The Bachelor of Environmental Design (B.EnvD) degree at the University of Colorado Boulder is the state’s first and only undergraduate, pre-professional interdisciplinary design degr

ee. You can customize your education by specializing in one of four career-specific majors: architecture, environmental products of design, landscape architecture and sustainable planning & urban design. You can shape the way we live, work and play. You can explore and impact landscapes, buildings and urban systems.

POV: You graduated from Environmental Design and it was the BEST time! Play it on repeat at the link 🔗 below. https://yo...
05/12/2026

POV: You graduated from Environmental Design and it was the BEST time! Play it on repeat at the link 🔗 below.

https://youtu.be/RzGm4Mee7dQ

Join us for the EPOD Capstone Exhibition and view student-designed 🛋️furniture, 🏮 products, 👖 fashion and 💡 more! 🗓️: Th...
04/17/2026

Join us for the EPOD Capstone Exhibition and view student-designed 🛋️furniture, 🏮 products, 👖 fashion and 💡 more!

🗓️: Thursday, April 23
📍: ENVD 134
🕕️: 6 to 7:30 p.m.

📸: Photos from the 2025 exhibit.

📚️ Before the lectures, the studios and the design deadlines... your favorite design professors started here 👶Meet the f...
04/03/2026

📚️ Before the lectures, the studios and the design deadlines... your favorite design professors started here 👶

Meet the faces behind your ENVD experience — just a little earlier in their design journey 🎨

From textiles 🧶 to buildings 🏢 to agricultural systems 🌱—materials shape how we connect, create and care for our communi...
03/26/2026

From textiles 🧶 to buildings 🏢 to agricultural systems 🌱—materials shape how we connect, create and care for our communities.

TOMORROW: Join us for two panels that bring together designers, scholars and makers exploring storytelling, sustainability and circular futures. 🌎

Learn more at the 🔗 link below. https://www.colorado.edu/cmdi/intersections-and-collaborations

Mark your calendars for the CMDI and ENVD recognition ceremonies! 🗓️ 🎓️ The CMDI Graduation Recognition Ceremony will be...
03/25/2026

Mark your calendars for the CMDI and ENVD recognition ceremonies! 🗓️

🎓️ The CMDI Graduation Recognition Ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 3, from 8 to 10 a.m. at the CU Events Center.

🎓️ The ENVD Graduation Recognition Ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 3, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Upper Gymnasium of the CU Recreation Center.

Learn more and RSVP at the 🔗 link below: https://www.colorado.edu/cmdi/graduation

P.S. April 1 is the deadline to guarantee your name is printed in the university and college ceremony programs.

We're 3️⃣ days away from the Intersections and Collaborations: Unpacking Material Vernaculars of Environmental Design Ac...
03/24/2026

We're 3️⃣ days away from the Intersections and Collaborations: Unpacking Material Vernaculars of Environmental Design Across Disciplines!

🤝 This symposium is organized by Caitlin Charlet, ENVD associate teaching professor at CMDI and founder of the BioModLab.

👋 Morning introduction by Andrew Mayock, vice chancellor for sustainability, CU Boulder.

🗣️ Keynote by Jane Mah Hutton, associate professor, University of Waterloo.

👋 Afternoon introduction by Jane Zelikova, executive director, Sustainability Research Initiative.

Learn more at the 🔗 link below: https://www.colorado.edu/cmdi/intersections-and-collaborations

✏️✨ Design your future at the ENVD Career Fair this week! Featuring: architecture, landscape architecture, planning and ...
03/23/2026

✏️✨ Design your future at the ENVD Career Fair this week! Featuring: architecture, landscape architecture, planning and product design firms and organizations.

⏰ 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
🗓 Wednesday, March 25
📍 ENVD 134

Bring your portfolio, your questions and your best "I totally planned my outfit for this" energy. Your next opportunity might just be one handshake away 🤝

Learn more about the employers attending and RSVP at the 🔗 link below: https://app.joinhandshake.com/career_fairs/e85a4c6a-31d7-4157-84a2-c045a5fd3a22/student_preview

Join us for Intersections and Collaborations: Unpacking Material Vernaculars of Environmental Design Across Disciplines....
03/18/2026

Join us for Intersections and Collaborations: Unpacking Material Vernaculars of Environmental Design Across Disciplines. This is a free symposium organized by Associate Teaching Professor Caitlin Charlet, with panels moderated by Postdoctoral Associate Sophie Chien and Assistant Professor Zannah Matson.

⏰️: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
🗓️: March 27
📍: Environmental Design Building

Learn more and register at the link below. https://www.colorado.edu/cmdi/intersections-and-collaborations

The short and sweet version of the lineup.
Introductions by CU Boulder Vice Chancellor for Sustainability Andrew Mayock and Executive Director, Sustainability Research Initiative Jane Zelikova.

Keynote by Jane Mah Hutton, associate professor, University of Waterloo

Material Solidarities panel with talks by Tonia Sing Chi, co-founder of Nááts'íilid Initiative, Lindsay Burnette, assistant professor, Colorado State University, and Steven Frost, assistant professor, CU Boulder.

Material Resistance panel with talks by Shelby Doyle, associate professor, Iowa State University, Hanna Rose Shell, professor, CU Boulder and Lisa Morey, founder and owner of Colorado Earth.

🌿✨ What happens when landscape architecture students team up with K-12 kids to reimagine recess? ⁠⁠Outdoor spaces are bu...
02/27/2026

🌿✨ What happens when landscape architecture students team up with K-12 kids to reimagine recess? ⁠
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Outdoor spaces are built for creativity, community and connection with nature. 👉 Read how the next generation of designers are reshaping schoolyards at the 🔗 link below. ⁠

https://www.colorado.edu/cmdinow/2026/02/16/schoolyards-rock

Close your eyes and imagine it's 2016. Oh wait... keep them open and take a trip down memory lane 📸 ⁠⁠ #2016
02/10/2026

Close your eyes and imagine it's 2016. Oh wait... keep them open and take a trip down memory lane 📸 ⁠
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#2016

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