In the Media
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).
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.
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.
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.
Women, Life, Freedom Movement: "In Iran, Art and Activism Feed Off Each Other"
La Croix: Architecture Associate Professor Pamela Karimi discusses how the Women, Life, Freedom movement in Iran intertwines art and activism, utilizing creative and spatial interventions to reclaim public space and resist oppression.
Processing Power: On Constantinos Doxiadis's "Informational Modernism"
Artforum: Architecture Assistant Professor Farzin Lotfi-Jam is featured in Artforum's coverage of the exhibition Doxiadis's Informational Modernism, currently at La Biennale di Venezia, which reevaluates Constantinos Doxiadis's system-driven architectural practice, connecting information, planning, and societal infrastructure.
The Fifth Exhibit Columbus Delivers a Range of Community-Focused Design Commissions
The Architect's Newspaper: Cornell architecture faculty Michael Jefferson and Suzanne Lettieri are featured in The Architect's Newspaper for their Exhibit Columbus installation "Apart, Together," an interactive foldable urban cinema that fosters community engagement.
Are Buildings Designed to Die? How Circular Construction Could Save Our Cities.
Better Buildings for Humans: In the podcast episode for Better Buildings for Humans, Assistant Professor Felix Heisel, Director of Cornell's Circular Construction Lab, explores how designing buildings for disassembly can reduce emissions, conserve resources, and advance a more circular, resilient built environment.
FXCollaborative and Lemay Announce Merger
The Architect's Newspaper: Dan Kaplan (B.Arch. '84) of FXCollaborative and Louis T. Lemay of Montreal-based Lemay announced a merger expanding cross-border, interdisciplinary design services between the US and Canada.
A $335 Million Park at Lincoln Center Would Right Old Wrongs
The New York Times: A renovation by WEISS/MANFREDI, Michael Manfredi's (M.Arch. '80) office, and Moody Nolan, where Jonathan Moody (B.Arch. '07) is CEO, at the performing arts complex aims to transform the neighborhood.
Future Architecture Laboratory
SIRP: Architecture faculty member Marta Wisniewska shares thoughts on using regenerative materials in architecture across geographies in an interview for this Estonian publication.
Carlo Ratti & Höweler + Yoon Urge Global Climate Dialogue
Designboom: Unveiled at the main exhibition of the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale, AquaPraça will ultimately travel to COP30 in Belém, Brazil, where it will remain as a public plaza demonstrating relationships between built and natural environments.
Akima Brackeen and Cory Henry Among the 2025–26 Rome Prize Winners
The Architect's Newspaper: Cory Henry (M.Arch. '12) was named a Rome Prize winner in architecture. The award supports innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities by artists and scholars who represent the highest standards of excellence.
The Architect's Newspaper: David Costanza, Assistant Professor of Architecture and principal of David Costanza Studio, is among the winners of this biennial competition, lecture series, and exhibition that recognizes visionary work by young practitioners.
A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds
The New York Times: Susan T. Rodriguez's ('81, B.Arch. '82) architecture firm collaborated on the design for the $160 million Davis Center, a landmark renovation and upgrade of recreational space and waterways at Central Park's north end.
Cornell Researchers Are Developing Flexible "Sun-Tracking" Material
Dezeen: A team of Cornell researchers led by Professor of Architecture and Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin is developing a flexible solar material called HelioSkin that is integrated with sun-tracking capabilities similar to the biomechanics of sunflowers.
Jenny Sabin Develops Pliable PV Panel System Using Plant Biology
Archinect: A profile of HelioSkin, a collaborative, interdisciplinary project by Professor of Architecture and Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin and Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and Design Tech faculty Itai Cohen.
The Missing Element in Urban Digital Twins
Geo Week News: A conversation with Assistant Professor of Architecture Farzin Lotfi-Jam about the advent of urban digital twins and what perspective needs to be added to the implementation.
These Old Roman Buildings Could Unlock How to Build in a Warming World
The Washington Post: Felix Heisel, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Director of the Circular Construction Lab, discusses the benefits of reusing salvaged materials.
