Highlights
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Faculty Work
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Engineered Wood Products for Circular Construction: A Multi-factor Evaluation of Lamination Methods
Architecture Assistant Professor Felix Heisel's paper published in Nature (npj | Materials Sustainability) evaluates alternative, non-adhesive lamination methods for engineered wood products, identifying a grooved shear interface with wooden nail fasteners as a preferred approach that maintains structural performance while improving circularity and environmental impact.
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Beyond AAP
October 16–17, 2025
43rd Annual Cornell Real Estate Conference
Attend a conference with industry executives, investors, and scholars for insightful discourse, strategic networking, and perspectives on the 2025 real estate market.
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Admissions
July 7–August 15, 2025
Undergraduate Admissions Summer Events
Register for an in-person information session at Cornell AAP Admissions or drop in for a casual session with an admissions officer (no registration required). Our friendly admissions team is here to help.
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Faculty Work
Thursday, July 24, 2025
A Bottom-Up Urban Building Energy Model for Evaluating Thermal Load Electrification Measures
Architecture and Design Tech Associate Professor Timur Dogan's paper in the Journal of Building Performance Simulation introduces a fully automated UBEM framework that integrates diverse data to model energy performance, evaluate retrofit and electrification scenarios, and advance decarbonization planning, demonstrated with over 5,000 buildings in Ithaca, NY.
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Stories
Engaged Opportunity Grants Connect Students with Hands-On Community Projects
Cornell Chronicle: Assistant Professor of Architecture Farzin Lotfi-Jam is featured for co-leading a student-supported project that uses augmented and virtual reality to enhance radiation therapy education. The project is funded through Cornell's Engaged Opportunity Grant program.
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In the Media
Are Buildings Designed to Die? How Circular Construction Could Save Our Cities.
Better Buildings for Humans: In the podcast episode for Better Buildings for Humans, Assistant Professor Felix Heisel, Director of Cornell's Circular Construction Lab, explores how designing buildings for disassembly can reduce emissions, conserve resources, and advance a more circular, resilient built environment.
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Announcements
Graham Foundation Announces 2025 Grants to Individuals
Graham Foundation: The Graham Foundation has awarded 42 new grants to individuals whose projects advance interdisciplinary ideas in architecture and design. Among the recipients are members of the AAP community: Nathan Friedman (B.Arch. '08), CRP faculty Thomas J. Campanella (M.L.A. '91), and Kevin Harrington (M.A. '75, Ph.D. HAUD '81).
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Faculty Work
Assessing Progress and Barriers to Ecological Restoration of State Property Buyout Programs
Next City: Assistant Professor Linda Shi coauthored a Next City op-ed summarizing multi-year research on state and local flood buyout programs. The article highlights how more equitable and ecologically restorative approaches can offer critical alternatives to the federally run FEMA model.
Monday, August 4, 2025
