In the Media
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
BIPOC A&D Practitioners are Winning Awards—But Representation is Just the First Step
Metropolis Magazine: Nina Cooke John (B.Arch '95), Dream the Combine, and SO-IL, among others receive an unrestricted $50,000 for their efforts in socially-conscious architecture and design. Here’s what they’re making of it.
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Sekou Cooke Has Won Accolades as a Curator and Theorist But Sees Building as the Ideal Testbed
The Architect's Newspaper: The Architect's Newspaper profiles the Architectural League of New York's 2022 Emerging Voices winner Sekou Cooke (B.Arch. '99). Sekou Cooke STUDIO will exhibit work online on Mar March 31.
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Art Basel Names 289 Exhibitors for Marquee Swiss Fair This June
ARTnews: In ARTnews, renowned multi-media artist Hugh Hayden (B.Arch. '07) is among the featured artists to exhibit at Art Basel's upcoming edition in the Swiss city, June 16 to June 19.
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
BAM! Presents the Works of Artist Karen JS Tashjian
Buffalo Rising: Buffalo Rising reviews a recent exhibition of paintings by Cornell Architecture and Human Ecology alumna Karen JS Tashjian '77 (B.Arch. '81) at Buffalo Art Movement (BAM!).
Monday, February 14, 2022
Baseera Khan with Lee Ann Norman
The Brooklyn Rail: In an interview in The Brooklyn Rail, Baseera Khan (M.F.A. '12) discusses their early influences, education, the challenges to resisting domination, and their current solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum.
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Venice Biennale Names 213 Artists for 'Transhistorical' 2022 Edition
ARTnews: ARTnews: Louise Lawler (B.F.A. '69), Hannah Levy (B.F.A. '13), and spring '21 Teiger Mentor in the Arts Candice Lin are among those whose work will display in the main exhibition of the Venice Biennale of Art, April 23 to November 27.
Monday, January 31, 2022
In the Bronx, a Push to Save Cass Gilbert's Train Stations
The New York Times: The New York Times: when a new Hunts Point station opens in 2027, the back facade of the old station will be the neighborhood's front door, says Jay Valgora (B.Arch. '86), principal of Studio V Architecture, designer of the project.
Friday, January 28, 2022
Meet the Five 2022 United States Artists Fellows in Architecture & Design
The Architect's Newspaper: Architect's Newspaper details architecture faculty practices Dream The Combine (Jennifer Newsom, Tom Carruthers), SO-IL (Florian Idenburg), and Nina Cooke John (B.Arch. '95) who are among the awardees of the prestigious USA Fellowships.
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
Na Chainkua Reindorf, Afroscope, Diego Araúja: Black Star
e-Flux: e-Flux: Na Chainkua Reindorf (M.F.A. '17) will exhibit in the Ghana Pavilion, Venice Biennale of Art, in April. Her large-scale, mixed-media installations depict a fictional society of women imbued with natural forces.
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Hugh Hayden, Surrealist Sculptor, Addresses the Education Debate
The New York Times: Featured in The New York Times, Hayden (B.Arch. '07), a multi-media artist, shares thoughts on his most ambitious project to date, Brier Patch, on display in NYC's Madison Square Park.
Friday, January 14, 2022
18 Designers Share Hopes, Fears, and Disruptors for 2022
Architect Magazine: Assistant Professor Leslie Lok, cofounder of HANNAH design, and architecture alum Sekou Cooke (B.Arch. '99) are featured in Architect Magazine as design thought leaders shaping the field of architecture.
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
The Community Shares Their Predictions for 2022
Archinect: Julia Gamolia (B.Arch. '13), associate principal at Ennead Architects and founder/editor in chief of Madame Architect forecasts that fostering well-being, leadership, and collectives will trend in the new year. In Archinect.
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
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.
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
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.
Monday, December 20, 2021
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."
Thursday, December 16, 2021
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.
Thursday, December 16, 2021
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.
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
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?
Monday, December 13, 2021
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.
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
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.
