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Renewing Sibley Dome

Supporting Our Core Spaces

The heart of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, Sibley Dome serves as the iconic centerpiece of AAP on the Cornell Arts Quad. To continue its enduring legacy, the renovation of Sibley Dome is among the college's important capital projects during the To Do The Greatest Good campaign. Its renovation and redesign will create new programmatic spaces to meet academic needs and priorities, while renewing the building's vital status at Cornell. 

The renovation will create much-needed learning spaces, including an auditorium, studio, and collaborative commons for students, as well as provide a home for the college's newest initiatives, such as the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities and the multicollege Department of Design Tech. Creating a dynamic hub for the college under the dome, which has always been iconic for AAP students and alumni, will be transformative, enabling cross-disciplinary collaborative spaces for the entire AAP community and meeting critical needs for the college and university.

A Vital Hub for AAP and Cornell


"Sibley Dome has the potential to be a renewed and transformative vital hub for AAP and Cornell. A priority for the renewal, renovation, and transformation is to provide greater opportunity to advance our academic mission by creating critical spaces to gather, learn, research, and collaborate. This is central to our community and the future of the college as we continue to collectively recognize the importance of coming together as scholars and creative practitioners across disciplines to build a better world."

– J. Meejin Yoon, Gale and Ira Drukier Dean, College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

Timeline and Project Gallery


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Sibley Dome Renovation

The renovation of Sibley Dome is underway! Follow the progression of this adaptive reuse project as the iconic building transforms to house new and renewed spaces that will enrich and advance our academic priorities.

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Ways You Can Make An Impact


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Sibley Dome Gifts

Help us build on 150 years of excellence and a shared responsibility to bring bold inquiry, leading research, and innovative design to bear on the world's most significant challenges as we create a more sustainable, just, and prosperous future. Join us in honoring our history and extending our legacy of creativity and impact by supporting our initiative to create renewed spaces in Sibley Dome. 

Consider supporting the Sibley Dome renovation project by making a gift of any size toward the initiative or leave a lasting impact at the heart of AAP with a naming gift. Please contact Keith Hejna or Jessica del Mundo to learn more.

Contact


If you are considering a substantial gift commitment to AAP, we're happy to answer your questions and help you along the way. Please contact Keith Hejna or Jessica del Mundo.

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