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Name: Graciela Martin Hometown:  Broward County, FL Degree/Major: Landscape Architecture Where did you intern? What did you do there? I am currently interning at RDM Landscape Services, a landscape design and landscape contracting firm based in Miami-Dade County. How did you get your internship? I was recommended by a mentor and FIU Studio [...]

FIU Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design students and faculty members participated in the Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (FL ASLA) Conference + Expo from July 11- 13. The annual conference was held at the Loews Sapphire Falls Resort in Orlando, Florida. The conference provides fellowship opportunities, [...]

Three graduate landscape architecture teams from TJ Marston‘s Spring Graduate Design 4 Studio were selected to be featured by Midstory, Toledo’s media think-hub, this summer. The students will produce a video presentation of their innovative proposals for Toledo’s Warehouse District. Their work will be featured on Midstory’s website and at the citywide summer gala titled “A [...]

FIU Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design (LAEUD) hosted its annual Master’s Project Reviews and reception on Thursday, April 18, 2019 at the Paul L. Cejas Architecture Building. This year, nine graduate students from Professor Linda Chamorro’s thesis course received distinction awards given out by David Rifkind, department chair and [...]

Selene Basile’s admiration of nature and environmental preservation developed while living in Costa Rica for six years. Now as a master’s candidate in FIU’s Landscape Architecture + Urban and Environmental Design program she is able realize her passion and raise awareness on sustainable design practices. “Landscape Architecture is a growing profession that has [...]

Name: Patricia Matamoros Araujo Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela Degree/Major: Landscape Architecture Where did you intern? What did you do there? Over the past two semesters, I’ve been collaborating as an intern with Savino & Miller Design Studio, a local firm that provides services in Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Urban Design, and Planning. During this time [...]

The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) held its annual conference last week on March 6th through March 9th in Sacramento, California. Professor Ebru Özer from the Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design (LAEUD) was invited to present her research on climate resiliency and infrastructure solutions during the conference. [...]

The Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Board of Directors recently announced their results of the 2019 CELA elections. Associate Professor Ebru Özer from the Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental and Urban Design was elected the Treasurer of the Board of Directors. Professor Özer will serve a two-year term after commencement [...]

With resumes and portfolios in hand, over 130 FIU School of Architecture (SOA) graduate students attended on the 2019 Career Fair on Tuesday, February 19th. A total of 30 different employers were on hand to discuss full-time, part-time and internship positions with prospective employees. The annual SOA Career Fair serves as a unique [...]

Students from Professor TJ Marston’s Spring Landscape Architecture Graduate Design 4 Studio visited their site in Toledo, Ohio this past weekend. Local members of the design community from the Toledo Design Center, Toledo Warehouse District Association, The Collaborative Inc., ConnectToledo and Midstory took time out of their weekend to speak with the students, tour through the warehouse district and discuss [...]