College of Built Environments at the University of Washington.
About the College of Built Environments
BE dedicates its diverse resources to the tangible improvement of built and natural environments, which we measure in the experience and possibility of fuller, healthier, more creative and meaningful lives. Our shared mission is to discover, teach, and engage the world in affirmation of the value of craft, critical inquiry, social justice, and sustainability. We align design with reasoned planning and management; we direct technology in service of higher performance and deeper analysis; we integrate poetic and practical responsibilities in our search for more appropriate forms; and we shape policies to secure the access of future generations to our natural and cultural plenitude, in and beyond the urban sphere.