Madeleine Eggers (B.Arch. '19) presents her thesis, Compassionate Spaces, during final reviews in May. Learn more about the professional B.Arch. program.
Students who attend a semester-long program at Cornell in Rome participate in a robust and unparalleled series of field trips throughout Italy. Learn more about applying to Cornell in Rome.
Students in Assistant Professor Jennifer Minner's spring seminar class, titled Just Places? Community Preservation, Art, and Equity, gained a new appreciation of how creative practices can impact the preservation and adaptation of communities with a field trip to Buffalo.
A monumental tribute to political icon Shirley Chisholm — designed by two AAP alumni and visiting faculty members — will soon rise in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
Kengo Kuma: Smallness
Kengo Kuma completed his master’s degree at the University of Tokyo in 1979. After studying at Columbia University as a visiting scholar, he established Kengo Kuma & Associates in 1990. In 2009, he was appointed as a professor at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Architecture.
Among Kuma’s major works are Kirosan Observatory (1995); Water/Glass (1995, received AIA Benedictus Award); Stage in Forest, Toyoma Center for Performance Arts (received 1997 Architectural Institute of Japan Annual Award); and Bato-machi Hiroshige Museum (received the Murano Prize). Recent works include Nezu Museum (2009, Tokyo); Yusuhara Marche and Wooden Bridge Museum (2010); Asakusa Culture and Tourism Center (2012); Nagaoka City Hall Aore (2012); and Kabukiza (2013). Outside Japan, the Besancon Music Center and FRAC Marseilles have been recently completed.
Kuma is also a prolific writer and his books have been published in English, Chinese, and Korean.