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Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Knitting Machine Makes Solid 3D Objects

Professor of Information Science at Cornell, Bowers and Design Tech Faculty François Guimbretière, and engineering student Victor Guimbretière ('29), developed a prototype knitting machine that creates solid three-dimensional objects by interlocking yarn in multiple directions, opening new possibilities for customizable, biomimetic materials.

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Thursday, October 30, 2025
Cornell AAP to Launch First New York City-based High School Summer Program

The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) is adding a new summer intensive for high schoolers interested in studying the collective aspirations, methodologies, and processes involved in the design of cities.
Monday, October 27, 2025
Sacramento International Airport Commissions Art Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas to Create Permanent Public Installation

Using imagery and words that celebrate the surrounding valley as well as airport staff, Ramírez Jonas has revealed preliminary models of the full work, which will wrap the transportation hub's new six-story parking facility.

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025
Architecture and the Right to Heal: Resettler Nationalism in the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster

Esra Akcan

Architecture Professor Esra Akcan's book, Architecture and the Right to Heal: Resettler Nationalism in the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster, published by Duke University Press, explores architecture's role in the healing processes that take place following socioeconomic, political, and environmental disasters.
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Scalable AI-Driven Automation for Visual Lumber Grading

Felix Heisel

Architecture Assistant Professor Felix Heisel's Circular Construction Lab co-authored a publication with Anye Shi, Dan Bergsagel, and Jasper Owen (B.Arch. '26) that demonstrates how AI-driven visual automation can transform lumber grading — enhancing scalability, efficiency, and sustainability across the timber industry.