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Architecture

Department of Architecture

About the Department

Architecture at Cornell’s College of Architecture, Art, and Planning is about creative and critical design practices that make lasting impact. Balancing rigorous research and scholarship, responsibility for our natural and built environments, we reimagine the world at every scale to build a just and sustainable future for all.

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, and visual representation, ensuring that our students are equipped with actionable knowledge and the agency to enact change.

Interior of a concrete dome building with architectural models and drawings lining the walls.

Above: An architecture exhibition in Milstein Hall.

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Upcoming and Ongoing Events

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Latest News and Research

Latest News and Research

Stories Announcing: Building and Unbuilding the City Museum: From Le Corbusier to Ahmedabad

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Architecture Associate Professor Lily Chi in collaboration with architect and educator Sarosh Anklesaria (M.Arch. II ’08) coedited this collection of essays examining the cultural center’s ambitious beginning, present precarity, and possible futures.

Stories AAP Students Lend Their Creativity to a New Vision for 4-H Camp

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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 American Scientists Created a Flexible Solar “Skin” That Stretches Like Fabric

The Times of India — Professor of Architecture and Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin played a leading role in developing the flexible solar Helio Skin technology.

In the Media Housing Panel Explores Barriers to Affordability in Tompkins County

Tompkins Weekly — Architecture Assistant Professor Felix Heisel joined a recent panel discussion on housing affordability, followed by an exhibition of student work from a studio taught by Heisel and Architecture Lecturer Michael Jefferson.

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Semester Snapshot: Fall 2026 in Focus

Refreshed learning and making spaces, innovative programming, and expert faculty and staff spanning five departments and three campuses welcome students back to classrooms and studios as Cornell AAP opens a dynamic academic year.

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 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 Magazine’s celebration of vibrant urban landscapes across America, nominating the architecture of the immigrant neighborhood.

In the Media The Türkiye Pavilion Examines Reuse and Memory at the 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale

ArchDaily — Asya Ece Uzmay’s (Ph.D. HAUD ’26) research collective ba-be commons has been selected to represent the Türkiye Pavilion at the 2027 Venice Biennale of Architecture with the exhibition Spolia Futures.

In the Media How Architect Paul Revere Williams Fought Racism and Changed the Face of Los Angeles

The Guardian — AAP Senior Associate Dean and Architecture Professor Milton S. F. Curry helped curate one of a trio of major exhibitions on architect Paul Williams. Curry speaks to Williams’s legacy and profound impact on the city of Los Angeles.

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