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Announcements Selected Team and Exhibition for Canada at the 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale
Architecture Assistant Professor Farzin Lotfi-Jam will be one of three team members representing Canada at the 20th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia with Early Warning Architecture, an exhibition that situates architecture at the center of the most urgent technological, environmental, and geopolitical issues of our time.
Stories Practice, Place, and Purpose: Preparing Future Planners for a Rapidly Changing World
CRP Associate Professor Linda Shi discusses the importance of planning careers and preparing students to work with communities to address common challenges, including climate change, aging populations, and growing inequity.
In the Media What Makes a Vanity Project? A History of Building for Power
Deutsche Welle — Professor of Architecture Esra Akcan comments on the features of grand architectural projects and what distinguishes public purpose from political vanity.
Stories Announcing: Love in a Time of Allegory
In his new book, Art faculty Nicholas Muellner looks for ways to move forward in life and creative practice while surrounded by the crises and complexities of our current cultural moment.
Stories
AAP Students Lend Their Creativity to a New Vision for 4-H Camp
B.Arch. students in the Engaged Practices Design Studio course submitted dozens of ideas for renovating Camp Owahta’s 128-acre site after spending a semester getting to know its uses and potential.
In the Media A Portrait of America in 25 Buildings and Monuments
TIME — AAP Gale and Ira Drukier Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. ’95) contributes to TIME’s celebration of vibrant urban landscapes across America, nominating the architecture of the immigrant neighborhood.
Stories Fabric Artist Alum Creates Visual Poetry Whose Meaning Lingers
Anna Warfield (B.S. ’17, B.F.A. ’18) speaks with Cornellians about their art installations that combine soft sculpture and poetry to challenge how viewers understand identity and communication.
Stories Prof. Jolene Rickard Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
Associate Professor Jolene Rickard (Art, History of Art and Visual Studies, AIIS–American Indian and Indigenous Studies) was honored with a lifetime achievement award from the Native American Art Studies Association (NAASA) for her work as “an artist, curator, scholar, and cultural leader.”
In the Media Architecture’s Next Power Broker Isn’t a Developer — It’s the Grid
Architect Magazine — Architecture Visiting Critic Catherine Chen was awarded the 2026 Steedman Fellowship to pursue research for her proposal Solar Communities, which reflects a growing shift in architecture away from the spectacle and toward climate systems, public infrastructure, and civic participation.
Stories Students Show Off New Machines at Sciencenter Demo Day
Students in Professor of Information Science at Cornell Bowers and Design Tech faculty François Guimbretière’s spring Introduction to Rapid Prototyping and Physical Computing course shared their team projects at a community demonstration day on May 9.
Stories Two Doctoral Students Selected as Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Innovation Fellows
Manoel Pereira Neto and Gauri Nagpal (both Ph.D. CRP ’31) have been selected for this fellowship which provides funding for doctoral students pursuing innovative approaches to dissertation research.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events
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May 26–Sep 30
ENCROACH: An Exhibition Exploring Privacy and Exposure in High Density Housing
An exhibition exploring the tensions of privacy in high-density housing, where space is scarce, and boundaries are constantly contested.
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Jun 6–Sep 4
AAP Summer Exhibition 2026
Visit AAP this summer for a cross-departmental exhibition featuring student work from the 2025–26 academic year that showcases the college’s creative and critical practices.
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![Aerial view of first-year students and AAP Ambassadors forming AAP on the Arts Quad with Sibley Dome in view.]()
Jun 26–Aug 14
Undergraduate Admissions Summer Events 2026
Register for an in-person information session at Cornell AAP or drop in for a casual conversation with an admissions officer.
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Oct 22–24
CRPConnect!, a Celebration of Research, Practice, and Community
Join us on the Ithaca campus October 22–24, 2026, to connect with faculty and former classmates, share your work, find a mentor, present your research, network with colleagues, find internship candidates, visit downtown Ithaca, and more!
Student Work
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Group Work
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![Photographic collage of symbols on brick walls.]()
Blanche Shao
B.S. URS '19Chasing the Urban Dream: Land Politics, Citizenship, and State Identity in Contemporary China
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Alp Demiroglu
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![A wood and metal sculpture with silicone chicken skins attached to it.]()
Sabrina Haertig Gonzalez
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Ami Maria Hernandez
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Group Work
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Group Work
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![Digital rendering of the interior of a factory with people carting supplies around the space.]()
Natalia Gulick
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![Two hands operating a white box-shaped device with diferent colored LED lights, an rotating knob, and a metallic rod.]()
Group Work
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![Rendering of a multi-tentacle object that is semi-translucent and iridescent.]()
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![Exterior of a building illuminated with green and multicolored lights on the building facade.]()
Adam Shulman
B.A./B.F.A. '23 - Keep Browsing
