Stories
Friday, July 2, 2021
Software Tool Breathes Life into Post-COVID Office Airflow
The Cornell Chronicle details Assistant Professor of Architecture Timur Dogan's and the AAP Environmental Systems Lab's new indoor module for their existing Eddy3D software, an airflow and microclimate simulator to aid architects, designers.
Friday, June 25, 2021
Caroline O'Donnell, architecture's incoming chair, on the discipline's unique ability to shape-shift as design interfaces with environmental conditions, performance, and modes of communication.
Friday, June 25, 2021
Cornell AAP Welcomes New Faculty
Cornell AAP announces incoming faculty in the departments of Architecture, Art, and Planning, including the new department chair in art, and the incoming department chair in city and regional planning.
Friday, June 25, 2021
Internationally recognized social practice artist Paul Ramírez Jonas, incoming faculty and chair of the Department of Art, on art practice, public exchange, and pedagogy.
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Biden Administration Nominates Bronin for Historic Preservation Advisory Council Chair
Sara Bronin, new Cornell faculty with appointments in the Department of City and Regional Planning at AAP and the Cornell Law School, tapped by President Biden to advise historic preservation policy.
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Urbanization and The Challenge of Water Access
During Cornell's June 11 Virtual Reunion, an expert panel that included Professor Victoria Beard, CRP, discussed challenges of the next three decades in The Future of Cities, moderated by NPR's David Folkenflik '91.
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Merrill Scholars Thank Educators Who Shaped Cornell Journeys
Merrill Presidential Scholar Xin Yue Wang (B.Arch. '21) was among 37 honored during a virtual ceremony on May 24. Wang named Tafel Visiting Critic in Architecture Peter Ballman for contributing to her Cornell experience.
Thursday, May 27, 2021
NYC Urban Design Course Technology Recaptures Humanity
Students in a new pilot course on Urban Design Strategies aim to improve livability of four NYC locations with the help of augmented- and virtual-reality.
Thursday, May 27, 2021
Faculty Profiles: From Circular Construction to Academic Law Ambition
Assistant Professor of Architecture Felix Heisel discusses a building's start and end of life in the Ezra series that highlights recently hired Cornell faculty who embody the university's creative and collaborative vitality.
Friday, May 21, 2021
AAP Faculty, Students, and Alumni at the 2021 Venice Biennale of Architecture
AAP faculty, alumni, and students explore "How Will We Live Together?", the question proposed by the 17th International Venice Biennale of Architecture. Postponed one year by the pandemic, the comprehensive international exhibition opens on May 22.
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
PolyForm Celebrates Mission, Spirit of Human Ecology
PolyForm is a new public art pavilion commissioned by the College of Human Ecology and designed by Jenny Sabin and her practice, Jenny Sabin Studio.
Monday, May 17, 2021
Break it Down: CR0WD Task Force Forges Zero Waste Goals
CR0WD, a Cornell-powered, community-led task force works with New York State communities to promote thoughtful building deconstruction and highlight the environmental, cultural, and, economic value of salvage, reuse, and closed material flows.
Monday, May 17, 2021
Architecture, Art, Revolution: 8 Questions for Stella Betts
Mitchell Carson (M.Arch '22) speaks with Stella Betts about political aspects of public space today and the convergence of art and architecture practice.
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Learn more about the work of renowned sculptor Joel Perlman (B.F.A. '65) in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
M. Arthur "Art" Gensler Jr., 1935–2021
Alumnus, benefactor, and friend of Cornell and the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning M. Arthur "Art" Gensler Jr. (B.Arch. '58) passed away on Monday, May 10.
Monday, May 3, 2021
Grants Advance Social Sciences Research, Collaboration
A CCSS grant will help Suzanne Lanyi Charles, Assistant Professor in CRP, study whether the pandemic could lead to "The Next Wall Street Housing Grab" by publicly traded real estate investment trusts specializing in single-family rental housing.
Monday, April 26, 2021
The AAP Alumni Archive features artist Pat Lipsky's (B.F.A. '63) extensive painting career exploring color.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Seeing the earth from space, idyllic landscapes, and misshapen vegetables are some of the concepts and inspirations for Hartell Award winners Joe Ferdinando (M.Arch. '22), Grace Sachi Troxell (M.F.A. '21), and Paloma Vianey (M.F.A. '21).
Wednesday, April 21, 2021
View the work and environmental legacy of Emanuel J. Carter Jr. '69 (M.R.P. '78) in the AAP Alumni Archive.
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
Mellon Grant Boosts Collaborative Projects for Equity, Social Justice
The Cornell Chronicle reports the grant will extend the Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities. Its focus on social justice supports innovative, cross-disciplinary coursework, says AAP Dean Meejin Yoon.
