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Online Archive Showcases Work of AAP Alumni
In Cornellians, AAP launches a web-based alumni archive highlighting a broad range of talent among graduates of the architecture, art, and planning disciplines at Cornell.
Return Of The Dragon: Two-Headed Beast Revives Dragon Day
In the Cornell Chronicle, first- and second-year architecture students join forces to resurrect the dragon, promised to be the largest to date, as Dragon Day returns April 1 after a two-year hiatus.
FORMWORK Forges Diversity and Sustainability in Design
The second session of the Breaking Ground(s) symposium, titled "FORMWORK," features three architects whose work brings diverse perspectives and social commitments to the practice of design and pedagogy.
Looking at After, Cornell Journal of Architecture Vol. 12
After follows a pandemic-related delay but continues the tradition of showing boundary-pushing work from faculty, students, alumni, and visitors in the Department of Architecture.
Laying GROUNDWORK: Relationality, Land, and Ways of Knowing
Marking the Department of Architecture's 150th academic year, the first session of Breaking Ground(s), titled "GROUNDWORK," invites three leading voices who ask: How can we bring radically divergent histories of land and place into conversation?
Sharing History: The AAP Alumni Archive
Generously supported by alumna Mui Ho (B.Arch.'66), the new AAP Alumni Archive is built on her belief in the importance of community connections across time.
View architect Mui Ho's (B.Arch. '66) community engaged design and research in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Art at 100, Across Cultures and Time
The Department of Art marks a century from its founding academic year with a program of public events including exhibitions, artist talks, and panel discussions that look to both the past and future of art practice and pedagogy at Cornell AAP.
Seeing and Belonging Through History: Teiger Mentor in the Arts Emily Jacir
Jacir brings a deep investment in creating alternative spaces of "knowledge production" to her teaching with M.F.A. students this spring.
Unbuild Better: a Collegetown Case Study in Deconstruction
Assistant Professor of architecture Felix Heisel is supervising the deconstruction of homes in Ithaca NY, all formerly serving as student apartments, with an eye to circular construction design and sustainable building materials reuse.
Remembering Frances M. "Franny" Shloss (B.Arch. '45), 1923–2022
From uniquely challenging beginnings as an architecture student to her enduring dedication to her alma mater, AAP remembers Franny Shloss by her legacy of determination, generosity, and her artist's soul.
Architecture Breaks Ground at 150 Years
Architecture at 150: Leading scholars and designers join the department in celebrating and challenging histories, and imagining possible futures.
View architect David Benn's (B.Arch. '74) contributions to revitalizing Baltimore through his work in the AAP Alumni Archive.
The AAP Alumni Archive features artist Louise Lawler (B.F.A. '69), recalling her time as an art student at Cornell and getting started as an artist in New York City.
The AAP Alumni Archive showcases the work of multifaceted designer and innovator in the field of architecture Chauncey Jones (B.Arch. '74).
Art Remix: Transforming Familiar Artwork Through Collage
The AAP Alumni Archive showcases the work of Joel Carreiro (B.F.A. '71).
A Mediator for Environmental Cleanup
View the work and environmental legacy of Susan Boyle (M.R.P. '82) in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Explore Henry Richardson's (B.Arch. '68, M.Arch. '70, M.R.P. '71) life's work that uses design to "translate community ideas" in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Explore artist James Siena's (B.F.A. '79) experiences at Cornell and beyond in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Mending Baltimore's Urban Fabric
View architect Diane Cho's (B.Arch. '73) contributions to rebuilding the fabric of Baltimore in the AAP Alumni Archive.