Department of Landscape Architecture +
Environmental and Urban Design
Landscape Architecture prepares students for research and practice while focusing on the analysis, planning, design, and management of the natural and built environment of tropical and subtropical landscapes. Our goal is to educate individuals who can serve and lead the community in the enhancement of the quality of life through the aesthetic, meaningful, and sustainable design of the physical environment.
Immerse Yourself
DEGREES
The Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design offers two degrees: a professionally-accredited Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) and a post-professional Master of Arts in Urban Design (MAUD). The MLA admits students as Freshmen, transfers (with an Associates degree), and graduate students.
STUDY ABROAD
The Master of Landscape Architecture design curriculum includes a number of study abroad options. Students may spend a semester at our campus in Genoa, Italy, and may attend our two-week study travel program at the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany. Our design studios frequently include a travel component, and in recent years students have traveled to Panama, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and New Mexico.
FACILITIES
The Paul L. Cejas School of Architecture Building is a state-of-the-art facility designed by renowned architect Bernard Tschumi specifically to meet the needs of the School of Architecture. Students work at dedicated desks in the spacious design studios, conduct design reviews in the critique rooms, build models and prototypes in the digital fabrication labs (which include state-of-the-art robotic arms and 3D printers), and exhibit their work in the gallery.
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NEWS & EVENTS
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHTS
Graduates from FIU’s Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design shape the world through design and advocacy. Click on the link below to view alumni success stories and find out more on our alumni family.
CARTA News
Architecture alumnus inspires students to blur the line between architecture and film – CARTA News
A well-known creative director and visual effects designer, Architecture alumnus, Carlos Fueyo (’08), has cultivated a widely successful career blending the two things he loves most – architecture and film. Even before graduating from FIU, Fueyo and his mentors knew he had knack for digital designs. “When Carlos [...]
CARTA ALUMNI PREPARE STUDENTS FOR LIFE AFTER GRAD – CARTA News
During the week of February 3rd-7th, CARTA alumni from across all 8 departments visited the classrooms to participate in FIU’s seventh annual Panther Alumni Week (PAW). PAW is held annually at both the MMC and BBC campuses during the first week in February. CARTA invited its graduates to [...]
FIU LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE STUDENT CHRISTOPHER VIERBERGEN PUBLISHES HIS FIRST NOVEL – CARTA News
Christopher Vierbergen (’21) is not only a Landscape Architecture, Environmental and Urban Design master’s student, he is also a newly published author. Vierbergen celebrated his first book launch Friday, Jan. 10 for his novel Carolina, A Slave’s Tale. Carolina, is a two-time short story award winner and Vierbergen’s [...]
