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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.

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

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Above: An architecture exhibition in Milstein Hall.

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Latest News and Research

Stories Announcing: Architecture and the Right to Heal, Resettler Nationalism in the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster

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Cornell AAP Architecture Professor Esra Akcan released a new book examining architecture's dual role as both a cause of human casualties and an agent for the public good with the potential to ameliorate traumas following conflict and crises.

Stories New Cohorts of Engaged Fellows Contribute to Campus Community-Engaged Learning Network

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Cornell AAP faculty Caitlin Blanchfield, John Ponstingel, and Hanna Tulis, and postdoctoral fellow Julian Hartman, were selected for the 2025–26 Engaged Faculty Fellows cohort, contributing to Cornell's campuswide network advancing community-engaged learning and scholarship.

Stories Using Found Objects, California Artist Turns Trash to Treasure

Abstract mixed-media relief with copper-toned circular forms and a black ring embedded in a wrinkled green surface of reclaimed materials.

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.

In the Media 2026 Summer Architecture Programs for Kids and High School Students

Archinect — This roundup of summer architecture programs offers a guide to courses, workshops, and camps for all ages across the US and Canada.

In the Media Yale Divinity School’s New Housing, by Bruner/Cott and Höweler + Yoon, Reflects the Values of Eco-Theology

AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. '95) and Eric Höweler (B.Arch. '94, M.Arch. '96) of Höweler + Yoon Architecture collaborated on Yale Divinity School's Living Village, a graduate residence designed around eco-theology and regenerative sustainability.

Project LABICS Wins International Competition for New Training Center in Maranello, Italy

Rendering of a multi-level modern training center with perforated roof slabs

Cornell in Rome Visiting Critics in Architecture Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori of LABICS have been awarded a major international commission for a new Ferrari-sponsored training facility in Maranello, underscoring their global design leadership and continued impact as educators at Cornell AAP.

Book Embodying Justice in the Built Environment: Just and Equitable Land Use Transitions in Advancing Carbon Neutrality

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The Reparative Praxis, Just Places, and Circular Construction labs, and other partners, have released a workbook that provides a framework for centering justice in land use planning for a carbon-neutral future.

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