Stories
Trailblazing Architect Kimberly Dowdell (B.Arch. '06) Aims to Inspire Others
Kimberly Dowdell (B.Arch. '06), Director of Strategic Relationships at the global architectural firm HOK and a leading voice on the importance of diverse perspectives in her field, shares her story with Cornellians.
An Open Invitation: AAP's Spring 2025 Semester Highlights
With the start of a new semester comes a fresh opportunity to engage with AAP colleagues and guests, explore concepts on campus and in the field, and find inspiration in the work and ideas on display at every turn.
Reimagining Informal Housing in Mathare, Kenya
Negotiating the challenges of safe, reliable, and affordable housing, Cornell AAP architecture and planning students collaborated with Slum Dwellers International and local residents to explore alternative housing design and construction strategies for Mathare, an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya.
Not for the Faint of Heart: Vishaan Chakrabarti on Urbanity, Social Uplift, and the Power of Design
Chakrabarti joined Cornell AAP this semester as the Thomas J. Baird Visiting Critic to share his vast knowledge and practical experience improving cities and communities with NYC-based Advanced Urban Design students.
Found in Translation: (Re)Connecting with Roman Archaeological Sites in the Heart of the City
After winning an international design competition, Architecture Visiting Critics Francesco Isidori and Maria Claudia Clemente brought that brief to their Cornell in Rome architectural design studio this semester, offering their students the opportunity to engage with major Roman sites both ancient and contemporary.
Exhibit Highlights Art/Tech Intersections in Student Work
Six AAP students won prizes at the inaugural Art+Tech exhibit hosted by Cornell's Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity: Thomas Knoepffler, Cheng Peng, Sissy Tian (all M.S. DT '26), Kanika Bhagat (B.Arch. '26), Willem Schreiber (B.F.A. '25), and Hendrik Stoops Lugo (B.F.A. '27).
AAP Architecture Faculty's Obelisk, Pyramidion, Towers at The Met
The installation designed by Architecture faculty Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers is one of nearly 200 artworks featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876-Now exhibition, open through Feb. 17.
Pantry Collaboration Expands Mission to Fight Food Insecurity
Architecture Lecturer Hanna Tulis is part of a multidisciplinary Cornell team supporting Enfield Food Distribution to create a resource hub to meet growing community needs.
Engaged Faculty Network Grows with 28 New Fellows
AAP faculty George R. Frantz, CRP; Emma Silverblatt and Hanna Tulis, Architecture; are among 28 educators from 10 Cornell schools and colleges named 2024–25 Engaged Faculty Fellows.
Industrialist and Philanthropist Ratan N. Tata ('59, B.Arch. '62) Dies at 86
A dear member of our alumni community and AAP Advisory Council, philanthropist Ratan N. Tata ('59, B.Arch. '62) died October 9. Over many decades, he supported a number of critical initiatives at Cornell and improved lives in his home country of India and around the world.
We Need to Read the World: 6 Questions with Jose Castillo
In advance of his upcoming lecture at AAP, new chair of the Department of Architecture Jose Castillo shared lessons learned through his wide-ranging work to date and reflected on some of the big questions still driving him as both an educator and architect.
Building Deconstruction, Reuse Would Benefit NYS Jobs, Climate
Felix Heisel, Architecture Assistant Professor and Director of the Circular Construction Lab (CCL); Jennifer Minner, CRP Associate Professor and Director of the Just Places Lab; and Wyeth Augustine-Marceil, Research Associate in the CCL and Just Places Lab, report that transitioning to a circular construction economy in New York could boost significant economic activity, create thousands of green jobs, and advance climate goals by reusing deconstructed building materials.
Announcing: Women, Art, Freedom: Artists and Street Politics in Iran by Pamela Karimi
Across a series of ten "acts," Karimi's new book investigates the art and activism in Iran that have played a crucial role in the Woman, Life, Freedom uprising.
Professor's Feature-Length Documentary Film Debuts at Cornell Cinema
Possible Landscapes, a collaboration with former Assistant Professor of Architecture Tao DuFour, is a new feature-length documentary film that will debut Wednesday, 9/25, at 7 p.m.
Kim Yao: Our Most Important Project
This year's L. Michael Goldsmith Lecture will feature guest speaker Kim Yao, principal at Architecture Research Office. In advance of this annual New York City event, Yao shares a glimpse into her professional trajectory and the talk she has planned for September 25.
Get Ready, Get Set: Highlights of the Fall 2024 Semester Ahead
From inspiring lectures to thought-provoking exhibitions and much-anticipated renovations (plus the unveiling of the Dragon Annex), we're diving into a semester filled with opportunities not to be missed.
Class of '28 Changemakers Are Ready To Start
Incoming students are motivated by empathy, social responsibility, and a passion for making a difference. One such student is Konny Ezeama (B.Arch. '28), joining the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning, who engaged Black youth in Rhode Island to foster leadership and community.
AAP Welcomes New Faculty and Endowed Fellows This Fall
Cornell AAP announces new hires who will help advance the college's priorities and strengthen ties across Ithaca and New York City campuses.
Digital Artist Dreams His Creations in Pixels and Neurons
During his summer residency at Cornell, 40 years after graduation, Daniel Ambrosi (B.Arch. '82, MS '85) reunites with his Cornell professor, Donald Greenberg, to collaborate on AI-enhanced digital art.
SPROUT Awards Support 6 Novel Research Collaborations
SPROUT Awards enable collaborators like Assistant Professor of Architecture Sasa Zivkovic and Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and inaugural Design Tech faculty Itai Cohen to pursue innovative and impactful research at the intersections of multiple fields.
