{"id":71799,"date":"2017-12-05T14:34:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T00:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=71799"},"modified":"2019-05-23T08:53:11","modified_gmt":"2019-05-23T18:53:11","slug":"uh-launches-master-of-landscape-architecture-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/12\/05\/uh-launches-master-of-landscape-architecture-program\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> launches master of landscape architecture program"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_71837\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-71837\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/manoa-architecture-landscape-architecture.jpg\" alt=\"instructor and students gathered around a tree\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-71837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/manoa-architecture-landscape-architecture.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/manoa-architecture-landscape-architecture-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-71837\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A site design exercise&#8212;Revealing a Landscape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arch.hawaii.edu\/\">School of Architecture<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> will offer a new professional graduate degree, the master of landscape architecture (MLA), beginning in fall 2018. Graduates will obtain a thorough knowledge of the core skills and applications of contemporary landscape architecture with a focus on sustainable design in tropical and subtropical, Hawaiian and Asia\/Pacific environments.<\/p>\n<p>The <abbr>MLA<\/abbr>, the first landscape architecture degree offered in the state, is recognized by the Landscape Architectural Accreditation Board.<\/p>\n<p>The program is open to qualified applicants with bachelor\u2019s degrees in any field of study.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;<span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, with its rich natural and cultural history and manifold environmental and social challenges, provides a unique place of learning and opportunity for cutting-edge landscape architectural research, teaching and practice,&rdquo; said <strong>Judith Stilgenbauer<\/strong>, <abbr>MLA<\/abbr> program director and associate professor.<\/p>\n<h2>Informational session<\/h2>\n<p>The public is invited to an informational session on Monday, December 11, 2 p.m. in Architecture Building room 215. This talk story is open to those interested in landscape architecture as a potential career option. Informational materials, visuals of award-winning landscape architecture projects and refreshments will be available.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees may chat with representatives of the local landscape architecture community and professional organizations, such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asla.org\/\">American Society of Landscape Architects<\/a>, architecture students, and members of the School of Architecture faculty and student services team.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, email Stilgenbauer at <a href=\"mailto:jstilg@hawaii.edu\">jstilg@hawaii.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The degree covers contemporary landscape architecture with a focus on sustainable design in tropical and subtropical, Hawaiian and Asia\/Pacific environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[240,1166,239,9],"class_list":["post-71799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-architecture","tag-landscaping","tag-school-of-architecture","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71799"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92719,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71799\/revisions\/92719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}