School of Planning, Design and Construction

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  Landscape Architecture Student Andreea Bodea Recieves $2K Grant from CANR Undergraduate Research Program

  Published on June 7, 2022
  Andreea Bodea, a Landscape Architecture student at the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction, has received a $2,000 grant from the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Undergraduate Research Program Fund.

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  Naomi Bailey Shines for SPDC, Winning 3 Separate Awards

  Published on May 12, 2022
  Naomi has been the recipient of three different awards over recent months.

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  MSU's Team gets Honorable Mention in EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge

  Published on May 11, 2022
  Michigan State’s team in the 2021 EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge has received an honorable mention award in the Master Plan Category.

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  New endowment to educate students studying the built environment in the practice of feng shui and other cultures

  Published on October 21, 2021
  Alexander and Pauline Ho have established a new endowment for students enrolled in the School of Planning, Design and Construction (SPDC) to learn about the built environment in other cultures including the classical feng shui philosophy.

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  LA Events during the AY 2020-2021

  Published on October 12, 2021
  A summary of LA events written by Josh Seyfried and Deb Guenther, board members of Landscape Architecture.

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  Landscape Architecture Education and Experiences at MSU

  Published on October 11, 2021
  Jiajun Ni, BLA class of 2020, Landscape Architecture, School of Planning, Design, and Construction, shares his experiences at Michigan State University.

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  Pandemic Era Opens Opportunities?

  Published on October 10, 2021
  Ted Cook, BLA and MED Dual Degree student, School of Planning, Design, and Construction, Michigan State University, shares his experiences.

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  2020-2021 LA Program Update by Jun-Hyun Kim, Ph.D., LA Program Director

  Published on October 10, 2021
  Landscape Architecture Program Director reports department challenges and accomplishments during 2020-2021 academic year.

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  Building resilience to compound hazard risks

  Published on October 8, 2021
  Dr. Won Min Sohn, Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture, School of Planning, Design, and Construction, Michigan State University, talks about the effects of climate disasters.

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  Fatemeh Saeidi-Rizi joins the School of Planning, Design and Construction as an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture

  Published on October 7, 2021
  Dr. Saeidi-Rizi is an expert on landscape and health, environment and cognitive behavior, environmental psychology and green infrastructure.

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  Letter from Cheryl Zuellig, LAAAB President

  Published on October 6, 2021
  Greetings MSU Landscape Architecture Alumni

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  Landscape architecture student looks to make a difference through environmental design

  Published on September 23, 2021
  Undergraduate Anhad Viswanath is inspired by creating outdoor settings that enable people to engage with their natural surroundings.

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  Jun-Hyun Kim, associate professor and LA program director receives multiple awards

  Published on July 8, 2021
  Jun-Hyun Kim, associate professor and program director of the LA Program and the MED Program in SPDC was recently awarded three honors from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architects (CELA)

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  Wonmin Sohn, Assistant professor at MSU Landscape Architecture, receives $326K HUD grant for “Development of Comprehensive Climate Vulnerability Resilience Capacity Indexes for Enhancing Urban Recovery in Midwestern Communities”

  Published on June 23, 2021
  The project output will contribute to an effective allocation of limited recovery funding, ensuring that the most damaged communities and those lagging in recovery will receive what is needed.

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  CANR Alumni Association announces 2021 scholarship recipients

  Published on June 23, 2021
  The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Alumni Association awards scholarships to students who are well-rounded in their academic and non-academic pursuits and have a vision for their future career.

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  Landscape Architecture senior receives $2K grant from the CANR Undergraduate Research Program to support research on Designing Decline

  Published on June 21, 2021
  Brooke Shevela, a senior majoring in Landscape Architecture at the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction, received a $2,000 grant from the MSU College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Undergraduate Research Program fund.

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  Landscape architecture student combines science with design

  Published on May 18, 2021
  Student Claire Schleusener is interested in creating ecologically stable spaces help support connections with the natural world.

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  MSU Assistant Professor Wonmin Sohn receives 2020-2021 CELA CLASS Fund Research Grant Award

  Published on March 5, 2021
  Wonmin Sohn received the CELA/CLASS Fund for her project called “Longitudinal Assessment of Development Composition and Spatial Patterns of Green Infrastructure for Effective Flood Control in Growing and Shrinking U.S. Metropolitan Areas.”

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  How the pandemic has made SPDC stronger

  Published on December 11, 2020
  SPDC Director Ming-Han Li shares in his annual school update message, "This has been a year that no one could have anticipated or prepared for! The world has been facing unprecedented, tumultuous challenges from the novel coronavirus pandemic since March."

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  MSU alumnus Daniel Wenk receives Alfred B. LaGasse Medal from the American Society of Landscape Architects

  Published on October 5, 2020
  Daniel Wenk, an alumnus of the Michigan State University Landscape Architecture program, was recently recognized as one of the few 2020 ASLA Honors recipients.