College of Architecture and Planning Centers

Children, Youth, and Environments Center for Research and Design

The Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design works with the design professions and allied disciplines to contribute to the health, safety and welfare of children and youth. The Center undertakes and supports interdisciplinary activities in research, teaching and community outreach that connect the worlds of research, policy and practice, while recognizing young people's capacity for meaningful participation in the processes that shape their lives. It focuses in particular on children and youth in environments of disadvantage and those with special needs. One of its major programs is the Learning Landscapes Initiative.

Find out more about the Children, Youth and Environments Center >>

Find out more about the Learning Landscapes Initiative >>

Colorado Center for Community Development

The Colorado Center for Community Development assists organizations, communities, and neighborhoods that cannot afford or do not have access to such technical or educational assistance. The efforts of the Center are focused primarily on rural towns, low-income communities, and development organizations.

Find out more about the Colorado Center for Community Development >>

Center of Preservation Research

How do we recognize, evaluate, and understand the historical resources around us? How do we best maintain them as useful and meaningful parts of the environment as we shape it? How do we incorporate these considerations into the mainstream of design and planning as we shape our environment? Environmental sustainability demands that we do a better job of re-using the existing built fabric. Place - so essential to the economy and soul of Colorado - demands that we do a better job of understanding and maintaining what we value from the past.

Find out more about the Center of Preservation Research >>

Center for Sustainable Urbanism

The Center carries out research and related design explorations regarding the evolution of urban environs and their impacts on the ecosystem; alternate forms of cities and their practices and institutional arrangements; means for public intervention; and evaluation of the effectiveness of our prescriptions for achieving a more sustainable urban future. It engages in project-based services for communities and regions and builds societal capacities to achieve a more sustainable future through professional and public education.    

Find out more about the Center for Sustainable Urbanism  >>