Alumni News and Events

Using Found Objects, California Artist Turns Trash to Treasure

Cornell AAP alumnus Alvaro Alvarez (B.Arch. '15) is profiled for transforming discarded materials from the US-Mexico border region into sculptural artworks that reframe waste, abandonment, and environmental neglect as sources of beauty, memory, and renewal.

Tribute to Europe's Lost Synagogues Is an Artist's Labor of Love

Cornell AAP alumna Andrea Strongwater (B.F.A. '70) is profiled for her 15-year artistic and historical effort to document 77 destroyed European synagogues as an act of cultural memory and architectural preservation.

At COP30, Floating Plaza Shifts Perspective of Sea-Level Rise

AquaPraça, a collaboration between AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. '95), Eric Höweler (B.Arch. '94, M.Arch. '96) (Höweler + Yoon Architecture), and Carlo Ratti Associati, has arrived at this year's UN climate summit in Belèm, Brazil.

Landscape or Architecture? They Boldly Blur Boundaries

The New York Times: This exploration of work by Weiss/Manfredi [Michael Manfredi (M.Arch. '80), cofounding partner], examines how the firm has discovered expressive possibilities by sculpting landscapes that shape buildings.

At Bethel Woods's BuildFest Students and Faculty Work "Convivially" with Emerging Technology

The Architect's Newspaper: Design Tech faculty Lawson Spencer, former Architecture faculty Ekin Erar, alumni Jordan Young and Cait McCarthy (both M.Arch. '20), and AAP students contributed to BuildFest 2025 with projects advancing collaborative modular construction through robotic joinery and portable CNC fabrication.

FXCollaborative and Lemay Announce Merger

The Architect's Newspaper: Dan Kaplan (B.Arch. '84) of FXCollaborative and Louis T. Lemay of Montreal-based Lemay announced a merger expanding cross-border, interdisciplinary design services between the US and Canada.

Announcing the 2025 Boston Artadia Awardees

Sopheak Sam (M.F.A. '25) was named one of the 2025 Boston Artadia awardees, recognizing their emerging artistic practice among a distinguished group advancing contemporary visual arts in the Greater Boston region.

Graham Foundation Announces 2025 Grants to Individuals

The Graham Foundation has awarded 42 new grants to individuals whose projects advance interdisciplinary ideas in architecture and design. Among the recipients are members of the AAP community: Nathan Friedman (B.Arch. '08), CRP faculty Thomas J. Campanella, Architecture faculty Farzin Lotfi-Jam and Kevin Harrington (M.A. '75, Ph.D. HAUD '81).

National Memorial Project Announces Artist Finalists for Landmark Tribute to Congressman William H. Gray III

Art Professor and Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas and alumna Nina Cooke John (B.Arch. '95) have been named finalists for a National Memorial Project honoring Congressman William H. Gray III in Philadelphia. They are among five artists invited to present full proposals to the Memorial Advisory Committee and community stakeholders on July 22, 2025.