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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

"Design Tech" Exemplifies Cornell's Ethos of Creativity and Collaboration

In a Cornellians post by President Martha E. Pollack, she outlines the ways the new department and master's program will explore cutting-edge ways to meet human needs and more.


Tuesday, July 25, 2023

New Leadership and Faculty Join AAP

The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning announces new leadership and faculty ahead of the fall 2023 semester.


Friday, July 14, 2023

Preserving Progressive Planning

Learn more about AAP Professor Emeritus Pierre Clavel's (CRP Ph.D. '66) career and dedication to progressive planning in the AAP Alumni Archive.


Friday, July 7, 2023

Hankering for a High-End Chair? Two Recent Grads Have the Goods

Cornellians profiles David Rosenwasser and Jeremy Bilotti (both B.Arch. '18), who together run Rarify—an online high-end furniture business with a growing presence on social media.


Friday, July 7, 2023

Is Converting Empty Office Space to Housing Viable?

Suzanne Lanyi Charles, associate professor of city and regional planning and of real estate, addresses the feasibility of adaptive reuse.


Friday, June 30, 2023

Park Brings Zero-Waste Fashion Expertise to Korea

Heeju Park, associate professor of apparel design in the College of Human Ecology (CHE) and an inaugural faculty member in the new multicollege Department of Design Tech, has received a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research and teach in South Korea for the 2023–24 academic year.


Tuesday, June 27, 2023

What Do Empty Office Buildings Mean for the Economy?

Professors in Cornell's Paul Rubacha Department of Real Estate, which is jointly managed between the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning and the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business, discuss the financial impacts and implications of the phenomenon.


Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Cornell AAP Faculty and Alumni Respond to the Venice Architecture Biennale's Call to Reflect and Reimagine

Exploring themes of decolonization and decarbonization, the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale, curated by architect and scholar Lesley Lokko, centers the work of Africa and the African diaspora.


Monday, May 15, 2023

Multi-College Scholars Think Deeply About Cities

The College of Arts & Sciences reports on two cross-disciplinary graduate courses taught this year as part of Cornell's Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities program.


Monday, May 15, 2023

Real Estate Education at a Ground Level in London and Miami

Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate graduate students and faculty trekked far beyond the Ithaca campus for firsthand looks at current and shifting trends in urban development and the real estate industry in London, England, and Miami, Florida.


Thursday, May 11, 2023

Einaudi Seed Grants Finding Fertile Soil

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies announced new awards and recaps the accomplishments of previous recipients, including support to Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities Director Victoria Beard to launch the first-ever Global Survey of City Leaders.


Monday, May 1, 2023

Embodied Power at the River's Edge: Reimagining Indian Point

How do you solve a problem like a massive decommissioned nuclear power plant only 35 miles north of New York City with no clear future use? This semester, an architecture option studio at the Cornell Gensler Family AAP NYC Center is tackling this very question, imagining an evolution for the facility rather than a demolition.


Thursday, April 27, 2023

Reinventing and Reconnecting Waterfront Communities

Read about architect Jay Valgora (B.Arch. '85) in the AAP Alumni Archive.


Tuesday, April 25, 2023

A Preservation Pioneer

Read about Constance W. Ramirez's (Ph.D. CRP '75) distinguished career in historic preservation, urban planning and design, education, and public service in the AAP Alumni Archive.


Monday, April 24, 2023

Planning and Policies that Strengthen the Black Community

Explore Sigmund Shipp's (Ph.D. CRP '92) work to understand and improve Black communities in the AAP Alumni Archive.


Monday, April 24, 2023

In Practice with Ava Leeser (B.F.A. '23)

Undergraduate art student Ava Leeser (B.F.A. '23) shares thoughts on her time at Cornell AAP and making work for her recent exhibition titled blue, a series of oil paintings focused on the interplay between the feminine experience, perception, memory, distortion, and realism in figurative representation.


Thursday, April 20, 2023

Improving Education by Design

Learn more about architect Jon H. Alvarez's (B.Arch. '77) expansive career and his appreciation for his Cornell education in the AAP Alumni Archive.


Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Making Sense of the Parisian Scooter Ban

CRP Assistant Professor Nicholas Klein shares insights into public perceptions of improper scooter parking concerning accessibility and aesthetic tidiness with recommendations for cities with scooters to create community-driven policies to address the issue.


Monday, April 17, 2023

Research In Action: Planning With, Not For, Informal Settlement Communities

Urban sustainability expert Charity Mumbi Mwangi is a programs officer at Slum Dwellers International–Kenya, part of a community-led international network focused on improving the lives of people living in informal settlements. This semester, Mwangi is in residence with the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities as a Visiting Scholar, sharing knowledge and building on a growing partnership between the two organizations working toward urban change.


Thursday, April 13, 2023

Shapeshifters: Can Buildings Behave Like Organisms?

The Cornell Chronicle reports researchers, including Architecture faculty Jenny Sabin and Sasa Zivkovic, will use a $3 million NSF grant to reimagine the convergence of architecture and biology.


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