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
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Monday, December 4, 2023
Master of Science, Advanced Urban Design Virtual Information Session
Join us for a virtual information session and discover more about this exciting New York City-based program.
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Monday, November 20, 2023
Department Chairperson, Department of Architecture – Open Position
The Department of Architecture invites applications for the Department Chairperson, a tenured/tenure-track faculty position beginning July 1, 2024.
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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Monday, October 2, 2023
(Re)Design Education: Toward Equitable, Diverse, Inclusive Futures
"Junior Architects: Building Disciplinary Transformation Through Education," this semester's Preston H. Thomas Memorial Symposium takes a deep look at achieving enduring diversity in design education and practice through a re-evaluation of the student experience.
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Monday, August 21, 2023
Gaining Ground, Looking Forward: Fall 2023 Semester Highlights at AAP
The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) kicks off the semester energized by the addition of new leadership and faculty, advances across the departments, and exciting opportunities presented by innovative courses, cross-disciplinary initiatives, and special events.
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A Black Woman's Rise in Architecture Shows How Far Is Left to Go
The New York Times: The article offers insights from Kimberly Dowdell (B.Arch. '06), who becomes president of the American Institute of Architects next month, as well as from Architecture Assistant Professor Peter Robinson (B.Arch. '98).
Monday, November 13, 2023
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Leading Educators: Q&A with Milton Curry
The Architect's Newspaper: Curry, Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Engagement and architecture faculty at AAP, shares his thoughts on architectural education and goals for the future.
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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Cornell's Jenny Sabin Awarded the 2023 Rippmann Memorial Prize by DigitalFUTURES
Bustler: Sabin was recognized for standing "at the forefront of a new direction for 21st-century architectural practice — one that investigates the intersections of architecture and science and applies insights and theories from biology and mathematics to the design of responsive material structures and ecological spatial interventions for diverse audiences."
Friday, September 15, 2023
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How Might Buildings and Their Integrated Materials Systems Behave Like Organisms?
ArchDaily: A conversation with Architecture Professor Jenny Sabin exploring the critical link between research and practice and her interdisciplinary approach that fosters collaboration with both scientists and engineers.
Thursday, September 7, 2023
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Monday, September 18, 2023
Facade Scanner: A Scalable Workflow for Building Geometry and Window-to-Wall Ratio Capture for Urban Building Energy Modeling
Timur Dogan
A team of B.Arch. researchers from Architecture Associate Professor Timur Dogan's Environmental Systems Lab presented this work at the IBPSA International Conference Building Simulation 2023 in Shanghai.
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Monday, August 14, 2023
Throwing Shade: Model Maps NYC Street Trees' Cooling Benefits
J. Meejin Yoon
Under the project direction of Associate Director Alexander Kobald, Tree Folio NYC: Equitable and Effective Urban Shade models the city's trees and simulates how local conditions influence their shading benefits, the Cornell Chronicle reports. The project was developed with students and funding from the Design Across Scales Lab, led by AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. '95), and the Urban Tech Hub, part of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech.
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Monday, November 20, 2023
Prototypologies of Circularity
Felix Heisel, Marta H. Wisniewska
An article co-authored by Architecture faculty Felix Heisel and Marta H. Wisniewska in Technology|Architecture + Design applies a prototypological method to address the research issues and opportunities presented by scaling a circular economy.
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November 13–December 2, 2023
Land Purpose — Land Ownership Beyond Private Property
View an exhibition drawn from the Land Purpose project which explores diversity in property arrangements through more than 100 case studies from around the globe.
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Monday, December 4, 2023
Master of Science, Advanced Urban Design Virtual Information Session
Join us for a virtual information session and discover more about this exciting New York City-based program.
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December 13–17, 2023
Mixed Mannerisms: Student Work Exhibition
View an exhibition that displays architectural models and images that embody the qualities of multiple elements collected in one and tell a different story of our built environment.
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Thursday, December 14, 2023
Data Prototypes: Visual Narratives
View nine projects from Design Teaching Fellow Eduardo Cilleruelo Terán's fall 2023 course that explore the relationship between data centers and architectural bodies.
