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Architecture at 150 | Art at 100

The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning marks the Department of Architecture's 150th academic year and a century of art education with a broad slate of college-wide events from exhibitions and artist talks, to symposia, public lectures and special community gatherings.

This Week at AAP

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Announcement

$30M Gift to establish Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate

A $30 million gift from Paul Rubacha '72, MBA '73, will create an innovative multicollege department of real estate jointly led by the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning and the SC Johnson College of Business. The new department builds on a 30-year legacy of real estate education at Cornell and will increase opportunities for students and faculty to advance the field with engaged learning and impact-focused scholarship.

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Architecture at 150 | Art at 100

'Measures and Meaning' Exhibition features AAP Alums, Faculty

The Cornell Chronicle previews an exhibition curated by Architecture Associate Professor Sean Anderson (B.Arch./B.S. '96) that showcases work by 20 artists and architects whose views of the built environment defy boundaries.

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Social Equity and Engagement

Alumni Group Advocates to Advance Equity Work at AAP

Alumni group helps create channels of philanthropy intended to directly support the experience and growth of students of underrepresented backgrounds and strengthen the work of AAP's Office of Diversity + Inclusion.

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Environment and Sustainability

To Get to Net Zero, This City Is Making a Map

Bloomberg CityLab reports on the real-world applications of an energy modeling map developed by Architecture faculty Felix Heisel and Timur Dogan that could help Ithaca meet its decarbonization goals.

Urbanism and Development

White House Nationwide Zoning Reform Effort Needs Data

In an op-ed for The Hill, CRP Professor Sara Bronin explains that in order for President Biden's incentives for zoning reform to be most effective, there's a need to collect a lot more data.

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Creative and Critical Practices

UK-Based Public Art Project Offers Any Person 'Key to the City'

Over 10 weeks starting May 28, a key designed by AAP Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas for the Birmingham 2022 Festival will allow thousands of residents and visitors to pass through typically inaccessible and hidden urban spaces throughout the city of Birmingham, England.

Announcement

$30M Gift to establish Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate

Social Equity and Engagement

Alumni Group Advocates to Advance Equity Work at AAP

Urbanism and Development

White House Nationwide Zoning Reform Effort Needs Data

In an op-ed for The Hill, CRP Professor Sara Bronin explains that in order for President Biden's incentives for zoning reform to be most effective, there's a need to collect a lot more data.

Architecture at 150 | Art at 100