10/14/2026
URI’s 34th annual Landscape Architecture Lecture Series takes on the question
“How can we design landscapes that are more resilient, regenerative, and ready for the future?”
With three nationally recognized practitioners and scholars.
This year’s theme, “Regenerative Landscapes,” is the first series hosted by URI’s new Department of Earth Sciences, Planning, and Design, and spans from ecological restoration, climate adaptation, land justice, energy transitions, and more.
All lectures are free and open to the public!
Wednesday, Oct. 14: Nick Nelson, fluvial geomorphologist with Inter-Fluve and Harvard Graduate School of Design, on how communities can live with and restore rivers and local ecologies.
Monday, Nov. 2: Billy Fleming, designer, planner, and assistant professor of landscape architecture at Temple University, on design and planning precedents for tackling climate change at a planetary scale.
Wednesday, Nov. 18: Wendy Andringa, of Assemblage Landscape Architecture, on designing landscapes that adapt to a changing climate.