Alumni News and Events

Built on Curiosity: Architecture and the Public Realm

Rubacha Featured Speakers Susan Rodriguez ('81, B.Arch. '82) and Michael Manfredi (M.Arch. '80) will deliver lectures on Thursday, October 23, at 5:30 p.m. in the Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium on Cornell's Ithaca campus. In advance of their talks, Rodriguez and Manfredi share insights drawn from their professional trajectories.

En Route to Brazil, AquaPraça Floats New Responses to Rising Seas in Venice

An international coalition of architects, including AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon and alumnus Eric Höweler, governmental agencies, NGOs, and other partners unveiled AquaPraça, a submersible public plaza designed to advance civic discourse on climate change, at La Biennale di Venezia before the project departs for COP30 in Brazil.

Pursuing Purpose, Building Knowledge: AAP Embarks on the Fall 2025 Semester

Aligned with an ongoing mission to advance research, scholarship, and creative practices, Cornell's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning begins a vibrant semester of critical and creative work that invites students, faculty, and staff to explore ideas across disciplines in pursuit of a more sustainable and equitable world.

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.

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.

James Richard Nelson (B.Arch. '61), 1938–2025

Architecture alumnus James Richard Nelson (B.Arch. '61), FAIA, passed away after an accomplished, decades-long architecture career.