Department of Architecture
Left: "Swaying Udders" by Christopher Yi, (M.Arch. '20); Top Right: "CREOLE: A Spatial Language of Cultural Preservation, Transition, and Production" by Cornelius Tulloch (B.Arch. '21); Bottom Right: "Loop Column" by Justin Foo (B.Arch. '18) and Xinyu Yi (M.Arch '16).
Architecture at Cornell's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) is about creative and critical design practices that make lasting impact — balancing rigorous research and scholarship, responsibility for our natural and built environments, and reimagining the world at every scale to build a just and sustainable future for all.
At Cornell Architecture we see design as a process of creative experimentation and iterative analysis, ensuring non-judgmental, holistic, and open-ended inquiry enabled by independent, critical thinking and bold thought leadership. Our undergraduate and graduate programs are designed to support interdisciplinary collaboration and provide an integrated foundation in global history, theory, structures, environmental systems, building technologies, visual representation, ensuring that our students are equipped with actionable knowledge and the agency to enact change.
Highlights
Videos
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From Ordinary to Extraordinary
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L.P. Kwee Studios at Milstein Hall
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A Different Way of Thinking
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Unbuild Better: a Collegetown Case Study in Deconstruction
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Friday, October 18, 2024
Engaged Faculty Network Grows with 28 New Fellows
AAP faculty George R. Frantz, CRP; Emma Silverblatt and Hanna Tulis, Architecture; are among 28 educators from 10 Cornell schools and colleges named 2024–25 Engaged Faculty Fellows.
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Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Industrialist and Philanthropist Ratan N. Tata ('59, B.Arch. '62) Dies at 86
A dear member of our alumni community and AAP Advisory Council, philanthropist Ratan N. Tata ('59, B.Arch. '62) died October 9. Over many decades, he supported a number of critical initiatives at Cornell and improved lives in his home country of India and around the world.
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The Gestural Feminism of Iranian Women
Hyperallergic: Associate Professor of Architecture Pamela Karimi writes about a unique form of feminist expression she calls Gestural Feminism, where the body itself becomes the tool and language of resistance.
Friday, November 15, 2024 -
Building a Circular Construction Industry with Felix Heisel
The Capitol Pressroom: Architecture Assistant Professor and Director of the Circular Construction Lab Felix Heisel discusses changes to the building process that limit the carbon footprint and waste produced by construction and demolition.
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 -
Three New Designer-Led Initiatives are Making Circular Economies a Reality
The Architect's Newspaper: Architecture Assistant Professor Felix Heisel's Circular Construction Lab is harnessing building technology and design to reimagine construction as an ally for regenerative design.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 -
The King Cole Bar Reopens, Moodier Than Before
The New York Times: Ed Bakos (B.Arch. '86), chief executive of Champalimaud Design, a New York-based firm with experience renovating luxury hotels, speaks about his latest renovation.
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Living Structures Exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Design Tech Chair and Architecture Professor Jenny Sabin's studio is one of three practices contributing work exploring the use of biology and biochemistry as a basis for architecture.
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Thursday, October 24, 2024
LUCITO Completes Hull Rust Mine View Visitor Center
Architecture Visiting Critic Andrew Lucia and Visiting Lecturer Iroha Ito of LUCITO recently completed their Hull Rust Mine View Visitor Center project overlooking the Hull Rust Mahoning Open Mine Pit in Hibbing, Minnesota.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Open Learn: Open Access Linear Accelerator Education and Augmented Reality Navigator
Assistant Professor of Architecture Farzin Lotfi-Jam coauthored this paper, which describes an augmented reality linear accelerator model that addresses the challenges of medical physics and radiation oncology trainees in low-to-middle-income countries.
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September 28, 2024 — January 5, 2025
Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design
Visit an exhibition in Los Angeles that examines the role of nature as a starting point for material experimentation featuring work by HANNAH, the firm led by Assistant Professors of Architecture Leslie Lok and Sasa Zivkovic,
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November 18–December 1, 2024
Structural Systems Class Models, Fall 2024
View an exhibition of student models from Architecture Professor Mark Cruvellier's Structural Systems course.
Resources and Publications
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Architecture Studio Spaces
Learn more about the cutting-edge facilities that house our department of architecture design studios.
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Architecture Faculty Labs
Peruse our many faculty-led labs that advance research and push boundaries toward a more resilient, sustainable, and just world.
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PLATE Publication
Explore PLATE, a digital publication of architecture student work and essays edited by Professor of Architecture Andrea Simitch and Visiting Critic Dillon Pranger (M.Arch. '15).
