Allison Colwell, ASLA, and Michele Shelor, ASLA, will present a lecture at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, in Ken and Linda Sue Shollmier Hall, Room 250 of Vol Walker Hall, on the U of A campus, as part of the spring lecture series in the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design. 

Colwell and Shelor are founders and principals at Colwell Shelor, a collaborative landscape architecture and urban design practice based in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded by the pair in 2009, the firm is dedicated to design excellence and to the creation of meaningful, vibrant environments that deeply reference the cultural and ecological requisites of each site.  

They are the 2023 Verna C. Garvan Distinguished Visitors in Landscape Architecture. 

In their lecture, “33.4484° N, 112.0740° W Light + Water + Storytelling,” Colwell and Shelor will explore the design process from the perspective of a small firm working in the Southwest and dealing with specifically with arid environments. They will discuss the integration of design, creativity and strategies. 

This lecture is free and open to the public. Seating is limited.