In the Media
Dream the Combine Cross-pollinates and Conquers
Wallpaper: The Wallpaper* magazine Next Generation 2022 issue features Dream the Combine, the architecture practice of Asst. Professor Jennifer Newsom and Asst. Professor of the Practice Tom Carruthers, who build community across differences.
Places Journal: Places Journal recently published Katie Oran's (M.R.P. '21) 2020 Summer Writing Workshop essay on how catastrophic wildfires are increased by climate change, fire-control techniques, and (re)building in wildfire hazard zones.
Review: In 'Mothership,' Afrofuturism Blasts Off From Myriad Launch Pads
48 Hills: The review in 48 Hills features work by artist and architect Olalekan Jeyifous (B.Arch. '00) in a group exhibition that "claims space for the unfixed, fragmented, and hybridized" at the Oakland Museum of California through Feb. 27.
Comprehensive Waterfront Plan Charts the Course for the Future of New York City
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle: In The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, member of the Waterfront Management Advisory Board and founder of STUDIO V Jay Valgora (B.Arch. '86) says the plan offers "the best practices and most creative thinking for all our waterfronts."
Rolling Coal vs. Biking: How Politics Has Changed Transportation
Governing: CRP Assistant Professor Nicholas J. Klein is quoted in Governing's story on partisan rancor in the formerly "quiet" field of transportation policy. The story cites a recent paper Klein coauthored on the topic.
Covid Infection Rate Affected by Water Access
Health Europa Quarterly,: In Health Europa Quarterly, post-doctoral researcher Xue Zhang (Ph.D. RS '19, M.S. RS '17) outlines how a lack of access to clean, affordable water results in a higher Covid infection rate and deaths.
Books for Your Holiday Gift List
Architectural Record: Architecture alum Eric Höweler (B.Arch. '94, M.Arch. '96), of Höweler + Yoon, and former AAP Dean and Cooper Union professor Anthony Vidler recommend reading for architects in Architectural Record's annual round-up.
The Best U.S. Suburbs For City-Like Living
Storage Cafe: Storage Cafe consults experts like CRP Associate Professor Stephan Schmidt on the direction suburban living is headed. Schmidt says inner ring suburbs increasingly represent the urban core demographically, economically, and politically.
Joaquina Kalukango and Amanda Williams on Creative Freedom
The New York Times: In The New York Times Style Magazine, artist Amanda Williams (B.Arch. '97) and actor Kalukango discuss generational gaps, success, and art as Williams works on an ongoing, multiplatform series, What Black Is This, You Say?
As Metro Pictures Closes, Its Founders Look Back
The New York Times: In The New York Times, the founders of Metro Pictures in NYC talk about their landmark gallery and members like artist and photographer Louise Lawler (B.F.A. '69) that they introduced to the art world.
The New York Times: A New York Times art critic selects the MoMA exhibition catalog for Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America, edited by cocurators Sean Anderson, associate professor of architecture, and scholar Mabel O. Wilson.
Rania Matar's Intimate Portraits of Girls On the Cusp of Womanhood
Blind Magazine: Blind Magazine profiles photographer Rania Matar (B.Arch. '87) and She, Matar's book of environmental portraits made in the U.S. and the Middle East that explores the parallel experiences of young women entering adulthood.
The Architecture of Social Media
Architect : In a story on internet and social media influence, Architect cites the reach of Associate Professor Jenny Sabin's Instagram hashtag #operationppe and her push to manufacture PPE using a 3D printer at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Community-Owned Land Trusts Catch Hospitals' Eye
Crosswalk Magazine: Land trusts can build community trust, as Jeisson Apolo (B.Arch./B.S. URS '16), who was an undocumented immigrant growing up in Chicago, testifies in a story by Crosswalk Magazine. Apolo is a land trust homeowner and board member.
Ithaca Launches City-Wide Decarbonization, Partners with Climate Startup and Cornellians
Cornell Daily Sun: Assistant Professor Felix Heisel, architecture, is quoted in Cornell Daily Sun coverage of the City of Ithaca's carbon-neutral plan. Heisel's Cornell Circular Construction Lab consulted on the proposal that was passed this fall.
Cornell Photographer Exhibits Work at Campus Gallery
The Ithaca Times: The Ithaca Times reviews AAP staff photographer William Staffeld's solo retrospective exhibition at Cornell's John Hartell Gallery in November. Staffeld will retire in January after 37 years at Cornell.
Dan Kaplan of FXCollaborative: Five Things You Need To Know To Succeed In The Real Estate Industry
Authority Magazine: Kaplan (B.Arch. '84) tells Authority Magazine about attending AAP Architecture during the peak influence of theorists Colin Rowe and Mattias Ungers, firms where he trained in the discipline and creating city skylines from Istanbul to NYC.
The Top Urban Planning Books of 2021
Planetizen: Planetizen selects Sekou Cooke's (B.Arch. '99) Hip-Hop Architecture, which invites readers to compare b-boys to architecture and to imagine the kinds of built environments that would warrant such a description.
Own an Old Barn? A New Tax Credit Aims to Spur Rehab, Transformation of Old Structures
Binghamton Press Connects: CRP's Professor Michael Tomlan tells Binghamton Press Connects that there are thousands of barns in need of rehabilitation throughout New York state. If signed before the start of the 2022 legislative session in January, a new law will help.
Department of Art at 100: New Leadership, Faculty, and Practice
Art & Education: As AAP's Department of Art marks its centennial, times past meet times to come with recent transitions in leadership and a renewed emphasis on faculty mentorship. In Art & Education.
