The $100,000 award will fund development and testing of a proprietary design tool that supports water-challenged communities to capture stormwater resources.
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows has awarded the 2015 Latrobe Prize to the Arid Lands Institute for its “Drylands Resilience Initiative: Digital Tools for Sustainable Urban Design in Arid and Semi-Arid Urban Centers.”
Arid Lands Institute co-directors Peter Arnold and Hadley Arnold led a team that includes Arup’s Rowan Roderick-Jones; Deborah Weintraub, Los Angeles Department of Public Works; and Leigh Christy and John Haymaker, Perkins+Will.