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- Undergraduate Admissions: Architecture Learn more and apply to our world-renowned Bachelor of Architecture program, convening current and future leaders of design for a more just and resilient world.
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In the Media Europe Has a Major Heat Problem and It’s Only Getting Worse
CNN — Associate Professor of Architecture Timur Dogan comments on how heat trapped inside buildings during European heat waves poses significant public health threats.
In the Media The Man Who Built LA
Vanity Fair — Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Architecture Milton S.F. Curry comments on the legacy of Paul R. Williams, a prolific Black architect who was ahead of his time.
Stories Redesigned Fire Gear Offers Potentially More Cooling, Less Toxicity
Associate Professor of Apparel Design in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) and Design Tech faculty Heeju Park and graduate students in his lab interviewed more than 50 firefighters as part of a yearlong project to develop more versatile firefighting gear.
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.
Announcements
Explore Fall ’26 Classes for Non-Majors at AAP
Expand your disciplinary boundaries and enroll in courses that cultivate connection and catalyze actionable research. Options range from fundamentals to deep dives across architecture, art, city and regional planning, real estate, and design technology.
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.
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.
In the Media America Is Turning 250. These 13 Must-See Exhibitions are Grappling With Its Legacy.
Cultured Magazine — Common Sense, a group exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum featuring Professor and Chair of Art Paul Ramírez Jonas, was selected as one of the 13 most exciting exhibitions responding to America’s semiquincentennial.
Stories New Book Invites You to Take a Hike (or 50), In and Around Ithaca
Russell Kwong (B.S. URS ’25) created dozens of customs maps for Cornell retiree Myra Shulman’s new guidebook on hiking trails in and around Ithaca.
In the Media Graham Foundation Grants to Individuals 2026
e-flux — Architecture Assistant Professor María González Pendás and José Ibarra (B.Arch. ’17) have both been announced as recipients of the 2026 Graham Foundation grants for individuals.
Stories Extended Reality Tool Lets Dancers Analyze Movement
Professor of Information Science at Cornell Bowers and Design Tech faculty François Guimbretière coauthored a paper on the development of “DanXeReflect,” a tool that uses video and extended reality headsets to create an immersive environment for dancers to analyze and refine their movements.
Upcoming and Ongoing Events
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Jun 6–Aug 27
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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Aug 5–8
M.F.A. Image Text ’26 Thesis Show: SELF/ASSEMBLY
The 2026 M.F.A. in Image Text cohort present an exhibition that is a container for photographs, videos, and visual texts that unfold and fold up over and over as chaos, control, desire, humor, grief, and hope ricochet across the space.
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Aug 7
{ _____ } agency
Featuring works by Cornell AAP NYC students, this exhibition explores how various forms of agency, mapping, and redistribution of power drive the ongoing evolution and transformation of New York City.
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Oct 22–24
CRPConnect! Symposium
Registration is now open for the Department of City and Regional Planning’s celebration of 90 years of research, practice, and community.
Student Work
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Group Work
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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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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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Natalia Gulick
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Group Work
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Adam Shulman
B.A./B.F.A. '23 - Keep Browsing
