In the Media
The Sculptural Facade of This Store Offers a Hint of What Is Inside
Contemporist: Contemporist profiles a unique retail store in Wuhan, China, designed by Antistatics Architecture, the firm of Assistant Professor of the Practice Martin Miller, in collaboration with artist Yue Minjun.
Migration Roundtable Discusses Indigenous Displacement, Racism
Cornell Daily Sun: The Cornell Daily Sun reports Associate Professor Jolene Rickard, Art and History of Art and Visual Studies, gave a presentation on the power of visual media to express the complexities of both Indigenous resistance and colonial violence.
An Expanded Approach to the Analysis of Cities
Planetizen: In Planetizen, Martha Frish (M.A. HPP '81) writes about her work using a "scenes approach" comprised of businesses, people, and practices of similarly distinct aesthetics that can help our understanding of cities.
Lack of Watershed Laws Cited by Seneca-Keuka Watershed Partnership
Finger Lakes Times: Finger Lakes Times reports on the preliminary findings of the spring '21 CRP Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Urban Design Workshop led by Associate Professor of the Practice George Frantz.
What We Learn from Experience and Reflection
Einhorn Collaborative: Upon the dedication of Cornell's David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement., Einhorn Collaborative director Jennifer Hoos Rothberg (B.S. URS '04, M.R.P. '05) reflects on her community-engaged learning experiences as a CRP student.
Inside Climate News: Inside Climate News features Assistant Professor Felix Heisel, architecture, and the first of its kind plan adopted by the City of Ithaca, New York, to be an all-electric city by 2030.
And This Is Why It's Useful to Talk about Historical Examples of Institutionalized Racism
The Washington Post: Historian and CRP Professor Thomas J. Campanella adds credence to an example of racism embedded within infrastructure, a view that is repeatedly debated in partisan politics, according to the Washington Post.
To Fight Climate Change, Ithaca Votes to Decarbonize Its Buildings By 2030
NPR: Continued coverage from NPR on how the city plans to cut 400k tons-per-year CO2 emissions by 40%. AAP research labs led by assistant professors of architecture Timur Dogan and Felix Heisel are consultants on the project.
This U.S. City Just Voted to Decarbonize Every Single Building
The Washington Post: In The Washington Post, the city of Ithaca NY unanimously approved a plan to decarbonize and electrify buildings with consulting from Cornell research labs led by assistant professors of architecture Timur Dogan and Felix Heisel.
New Study Explicitly Links Protection of Water Access with Lower COVID-19 Infection and Death Rates
Sciencemag: Further coverage of Mildred Warner's and Xue Zhang's (Ph.D. RS '19) study on water shut-offs and COVID, in the U.K. journal Sciencemag.
Moving To The Suburbs? Don't Become A NIMBY
Bustle: Bustle quotes CRP Professor Sara Bronin on obstacles and progress to policy changes to exclusive zoning laws that select for single-family housing rather than other kinds of multiunit housing, curtailing housing supply.
Helping Low-Income People Afford Cars
Consumer Reports: Consumer Reports covers CRP Assistant Professor Nicholas Klein's recent paper on subsidized car loans for low-income persons and households, saying The Vehicles for Change program may be a solution to transportation barriers for many.
Oppenheim Architecture Breaks Ground on Desert Rock Resort in the Mountains of Saudi Arabia
DesignBoom: DesignBoom details Chad Oppenheim's (B.Arch. '94) and Oppenheim Architects' project that fully integrates the build into the rocky surroundings and minimizes impacts, a tribute to the firm's philosophy to build with the land.
Hugh Hayden Explores the Thorny Sides of the American Dream
W Magazine: Interviewed in W, the B.Arch. '07 graduate and multi-media artist says no one can tell you what to expect or how to be successful. Hayden's special exhibition Boogey Men opens Nov. 30 at the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami.
I Don't Do Drugs, I Am Drugs, at the Kava Lounge and Tea Bar's Immersive Visionary Art Exhibitions
Cornell Daily Sun: Visionary mixed-media paintings by AAP Communications Assistant Sheri D'Elia are featured in the Cornell Daily Sun's review of an ongoing exhibition at the Kava Bar and Tea Lounge in Ithaca, New York.
Talking Headways Podcast: How Partisanship Influences Transportation Reform
StreetsblogUSA: From StreetsBlog USA, CRP Assistant Professor Nicholas J. Klein talks about his recent viral paper "Political Partisanship and Transportation Reform" published in the Journal of the American Planning Association.
Profile: Hansy Better Barraza, AIA
Boston Society for Architecture: In the Boston Society for Architecture's profile series on Hispanic and Latinx architects, alumna Hansy Better (B.Arch. '98) discusses her time at Cornell, collaborating with Nina Cooke John (B.Arch. '95), barriers to equity, and more.
Inside Higher Ed: Inside Higher Ed reports that Bradley Borthwick (M.F.A. '05) is one of six professors to receive a $100,000 grant in a new initiative for all faculty who earned tenure at Colby College in 2021.
The New Yorker: The New Yorker reviews Baseera Khan's (M.F.A. '12) solo exhibition of performance, collage, textile, drawing, photography, and more at the Brooklyn Museum. Khan is the winner of the 2021 UOVO Prize.
Today's Must-Have Amenity? A Little Green Space
The New York Times: The New York Times real estate section features 450 Warren Street, Brooklyn, a five-story condo with courtyards and open-air passages designed by Professor of the Practice in architecture Florian Idenburg and his design practice SO-IL.