In the Media
Weiss/Manfredi to Lead Major Redesign Projects at the New York Botanical Garden
Architectural Record: Architecture alum Michael Manfredi's (M.Arch. '80) firm Weiss/Manfredi will lead major redesign projects at the New York Botanical Garden, advancing accessibility, visitor experience, and ecological performance through landscape-driven architecture.
2026 Summer Architecture Programs for Kids and High School Students
Archinect: This roundup of summer architecture programs offers a guide to courses, workshops, and camps for all ages across the US and Canada.
Sculpture Driven by Intuition, Ritual, and Storytelling
BOMB Magazine: Art Assistant Professor Leeza Meksin interviews artist Nickola Pottinger, examining an intuitive, ritual-informed sculptural practice and storytelling approach to artmaking in conjunction with Pottinger's debut solo exhibition at The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Architectural Record: AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. '95) and Eric Höweler (B.Arch. '94, M.Arch. '96) of Höweler + Yoon Architecture collaborated on Yale Divinity School's Living Village, a graduate residence designed around eco-theology and regenerative sustainability.
Cities Made a Bet on Millennials — But Forgot One Key Thing
Vox: CRP Professor Mildred Warner argues that exclusionary zoning and political resistance have prevented cities from building family-friendly housing, driving millennials with children away and undermining urban stability.
Iran's Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
Scientific American: CRP Associate Professor Linda Shi comments on the political motivations behind relocating Iran's capital, noting that Tehran's severe water shortages stem not only from drought but also from decades of mismanagement and land subsidence, which the government is now using to justify moving the capital to the Makran coast.
Ulysses Unveils First Community Park Draft Designs Following Public Survey
Tompkins Weekly: The Town of Ulysses unveiled two draft designs for a new 15-acre community park, developed with resident input and a Cornell Design Connect team featuring AAP students Reiley Cahill-Steeg (B.S. URS '28), Maple Shang (B.S. URS '29), Jonah Yarbrough (B.S. URS '28), Upasana Patgiri (M.R.P. '27), and Brandon Chen (B.Arch. '28).
Waymo Says Its Self-Driving Taxis Will Take Customers on Freeways for the First Time
NBC News: Associate Professor of Information Science and Design Tech faculty Wendy Ju offers "guarded optimism" about Waymo's new freeway-driving robotaxis, emphasizing that while the milestone is technically impressive, its real test lies in how safely and intuitively the vehicles interact with humans in fast, high-stakes environments.
Architectural Digest: Architecture Visiting Critic Manuel Bouzas, in collaboration with SalazarSequeroMedina, will create 350,000 Ha for ARCOmadrid 2026 — an immersive installation crafted from reclaimed Iberian forest wood that reimagines the Guest Lounge as a meditative landscape of regeneration, memory, and architectural imagination.
The Promise of the Bronx River Parkway
The New York Times: CRP Professor Thomas J. Campanella examines the transformation of the Bronx River Parkway from a scenic early-20th-century drive into a prototype for modern highways, revealing how its design and legacy reflect broader histories of social exclusion, urban inequity, and the need to reimagine infrastructure as a vehicle for restorative justice.
Ithaca Cemetery Preserves History, Welcomes Halloween Visitors
Tompkins Weekly: Graduate students in the Department of City and Regional Planning apply their studies in historic preservation planning through hands-on work at the Ithaca City Cemetery.
Map Shows States With the Highest — and Lowest — Child Care Costs
Newsweek: CRP Professor Mildred Warner comments that while US child care costs reflect rising labor and living expenses, the deeper issue is the lack of public investment. Unlike most countries, the US does not subsidize early education despite its critical role in child development, workforce stability, and the nation's long-term well-being.
On the White House East Wing Demolition and Proposed Ballroom
BBC News: CRP Professor Thomas J. Campanella discusses the controversy surrounding the proposed White House ballroom project underway in Washington, DC, reflecting on its unprecedented scale and situating recent actions within a history of presidential alterations that test heritage, authority, and public oversight.
ArtShow: Art Visiting Critic Julianne Hunter joins host Craig Stover for a conversation about her creative practice, experimental techniques in and outside of the print studio, and how an evolving sense of place influences both her process and the meaning her work carries.
Section as Cosmogram Reveals Section as Both Analytical and Cosmological
The Architect's Newspaper: Edgar A. Tafel Professor of Architecture Caroline O'Donnell reviews Section as Cosmogram, an exhibition at Ithaca College featuring work from members of the AAP community, where she frames the section drawing as a "cosmogram" — a synthesis of analysis and cosmology that bridges the material and the mythic through drawing.
Institutional Real Estate Allocations Drop, Rebound Expected
Law360: Cornell University's Baker Program in Real Estate co-authored a survey report on institutional real estate allocations and investment trends.
Jolene Rickard Interviewed on All Things Equal
607 News Now: Associate Professor Jolene Rickard (Art; History of Art and Visual Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences; and the American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program) joins Kate Supron to discuss Indigenous identity, sovereignty, and justice through art and visual culture, following her curation of the exhibition Deskaheh in Geneva 1923-2023: Defending Haudenosaunee Sovereignty.
Landscape or Architecture? They Boldly Blur Boundaries
The New York Times: This exploration of work by Weiss/Manfredi [Michael Manfredi (M.Arch. '80), cofounding partner], examines how the firm has discovered expressive possibilities by sculpting landscapes that shape buildings.
At Bethel Woods's BuildFest Students and Faculty Work "Convivially" with Emerging Technology
The Architect's Newspaper: Design Tech faculty Lawson Spencer, former Architecture faculty Ekin Erar, alumni Jordan Young and Cait McCarthy (both M.Arch. '20), and AAP students contributed to BuildFest 2025 with projects advancing collaborative modular construction through robotic joinery and portable CNC fabrication.
A Sprrrawling Exhibition of Cat-Themed Meowsterpieces
Hyperallergic: Curators Michael Morgan (M.F.A. '26) and Elina Ansary (M.F.A. '25) are featured in the review of Magnum O-Pspsps, a playful, cat-themed group exhibition featuring works across media that celebrates felines as muses, metaphors, and companions.
