Announcements
Architecture Alumni Win the Architizer A+ Temporary Project of the Year
Architecture Visiting Critic Dillon Pranger (M.Arch. '17) and Chris Battaglia (M.Arch. '15) won the Architizer A+ Temporary Project of the Year with WoodStack, an adaptable pavilion promoting material reuse and questioning architectural temporality and sustainability.
Fulbrighters Head to 14 Countries for Research, Teaching
Cornell's 2024–25 cohort of Fulbright awardees includes Desai Wang (B.Arch. '24), who is heading to Singapore, and Madeleine August (B.Arch. '22), who will be in Sri Lanka.
Peter Gerakaris (B.F.A. '03) to Present a Solo Exhibition of Mixed-Media Artworks at the BBG
Microcosms, a solo exhibition from artist Peter Gerakaris (B.F.A. '03), showcases environmental motifs rendered with dynamic coloration and a verve for placemaking. On view in the Leonhardt Gallery at Berkshire Botanical Garden from June 1 through August 4.
Art Visiting Critic Ashley Teamer and Amanda Williams (B.Arch. '97) will contribute to the 2024 iteration of the triennial November 2, 2024–February 2, 2025.
Ifeoma Ebo (B.Arch. '01) received one of this year's 50 fellowships, which includes $50,000 in unrestricted funding.
Kimberly Dowdell Set to Make History as the AIA's First Black Woman and Millennial President
This month, Dowdell (B.Arch. '06) was inaugurated as the 100th AIA president. Learn more about her plans and perspective in this insightful interview.
Oppenheim Architecture Wins Competition to Restore the Besa Museum in Albania
Oppenheim Architecture, which includes Founding Principal Chad Oppenheim (B.Arch. '94) and Beat Huesler (B.Arch. '92), proposed a design that seeks to honor the nation's rich cultural heritage and welcoming spirit.
AIA Detroit Announces 2023 Recognition Honors
Architecture Design Teaching Fellow Imani Day (B.Arch. '12) has been named a 2023 AIA Detroit Young Architect Award Winner.
Graham Foundation Grant Recognizes Work by Nusaibah Khan
Khan (M.S. AAD '22) was awarded for her project "Productive Landscapes in Srinagar — A Case of Floating Gardens and Hanji Settlements of Dal Lake."
Latinx Coalition Chats Awarded Graham Foundation Grant
José Ibarra (B.Arch. '16) and Liz Gálvez were awarded funding for their planned symposium exploring Latinx identity in the design community, which will be hosted at the Architectural League of New York next year.
Hybrid Creatures On View in Mexico City
Recent work by Isidoro Michan-Guindi (B.Arch. '15) is currently on display at LIGA, Space for Architecture.
Work on View by Grace Sachi Troxell in NYC
Running May 18–July 29 at Alison Bradley Projects, the exhibition cocurated by Olivia Breibart (B.F.A. '21) includes sculpture by Grace Sachi Troxell (M.F.A. '21).
Fifty Years: An Anniversary Celebration with the Collection
In celebration of the Johnson Museum's anniversary, an ongoing installation features works by artists including Jennifer Cecere (B.F.A. '73), Hermine Freed (B.A. '61), Alan Saret (B.Arch. '66), and Jason Seley (B.A. in Architecture '40).
Foley Gallery Show Includes Work by Jerry Birchfield
Birchfield (M.F.A. '14) is included in the New York City gallery's Off the Pedestal exhibition, on view May 3–27.
Celebrating Five Years of Madame Architect
Launched by Julia Gamolina (B. Arch. '13) in 2018 to celebrate and connect women in the field, the online platform is marking a milestone.
Janetta Rebold Benton (B.F.A. '67), professor of art history at Pace University, has published her tenth book, a survey of Western art from prehistory to the present day.
Mark Gibian Sculpture Included in After "The Wild" at the Jewish Museum
Drawn from The Barnett and Annalee Newman Foundation Collection, the exhibition highlights work by 47 artists made between 1963–2023, including Corona by Mark Gibian (B.A./B.F.A. '79).
Archiol's Sustainable Architecture Essay Competition Winners Announced
Po-Yu Chung (M.S. AAD '21) was recognized with first prize for "Design With and Against Carbon Form — Architecture Forms as Sites for New Energy Paradigms in the Era of Sustainability."
Stanford Invites Architects to Campus to Consider Materiality in Context
AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. '95) will speak as part of this annual spring lecture series on May 10.
Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded to 171 Scientists, Writers, Scholars, and Artists
Granted on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise, recipients include photographer Sasha Phyars-Burgess (M.F.A. '18).