Landscape Architecture


UC Berkeley professor and artist Chip Sullivan and UC Davis professor and artist Elizabeth Boults gave lecture in the HLA Seminar on 09/21/2023 and led a sketch tour with the students enrolled in LA 32500. In this sketch tour, the students were drawing iconic spaces of the Purdue campus landscape in search of the genius…Read more about Chip Sullivan and Elizabeth Boults Lead Sketch Tour with LA Students[Read More]


Elizabeth Boults (Continuing Lecturer- Landscape Architecture & Environmental Design – University of California, Davis) & Chip Sullivan (Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning – University of California, Berkeley). Thursday September 21st, at 3:30pm, HORT117 or join via Zoom. Wisdom of Place: Recovering the Sacred Origins of Landscape Abstract: Have you ever been alone in the woods…Read more about 2023 HLA Fall Seminar: Elizabeth Boults and Chip Sullivan – Wisdom of Place: Recovering the Sacred Origins of Landscape[Read More]


Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang‘s coauthored book, Outdoor Environments for People: Considering Human Factors in Landscape Design, is officially published through Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. A complimentary hard copy is available in the department if anyone would like to read it. Purdue library also has the online access available for eBook version.


Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang led an independent study last fall and gathered five landscape architecture students to work on a children’s book that introduces Indiana native plants for K-12 populations. The final product, an illustrated children’s book, accompanying board game, school syllabus, and interactive activities, won a National Honor Award (Communication Category) from the American Society…Read more about Landscape Architecture Team Won National ASLA Honor Award[Read More]


Yiwei Huang‘s Lab welcome two new members, a Master of Science of Landscape System and Design student, Mya Hagerty, and a visiting scholar from Tuscany, Italy, Alessandra Baravaglia.  Mya graduated with an undergraduate degree in Brain & Behavioral Sciences this past spring from Purdue University and is excited to combine her interests in a unique way in…Read more about Welcome Mya Hagerty and Alessandra Baravaglia![Read More]


The Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture welcomes Erin Percevault, Assistant Professor of Practice in Landscape Architecture. Erin Percevault joins Purdue University as the Assistant Professor of Practice in Landscape Architecture. Before moving to the Midwest, she was based in New York City. She earned her professional degree, a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, from Louisiana…Read more about Welcome Erin Percevault![Read More]


On Thursday August 17th, Indiana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (INASLA) has hosted its annual Reception and 50th Anniversary Gala in Indianapolis. During the award ceremony, the 2023 student and professional awards were announced. Purdue Landscape Architecture students have won two of the four students awards. Carmel Chinese Garden Co- Envisioning. INASLA…Read more about Landscape Architecture Students Won State Awards[Read More]


Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang‘s book Outdoor Environments for People: Considering Human Factors in Landscape Design is available for pre-order. Outdoor Environments for People addresses the everyday human behavior in outdoor built environments and explains how designers can learn about and incorporate their knowledge into places they help to create. Bridging research and practice, and drawing from disciplines such as…Read more about Yiwei Huang’s Co-Authored New Book Is Available for Pre-Order[Read More]



Yiwei Huang as the chair for the national American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA), together with committee members and her close connections, put together an online article called “Words of Wisdom for Our 2023 Landscape Architecture Graduates.” This article is to show the support and offer some valuable advice to graduating students who are about…Read more about Yiwei Huang Congratulates 2023 Landscape Architecture Graduates[Read More]


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