In the Media
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
More New Deans Discuss the Pandemic, Their Institutions, and Approaches to Design Education
The Architect's Newspaper: Caroline O'Donnell, the new chair of AAP's Department of Architecture, talks with Architects Newspaper about the unique strengths of the department curriculum, how it benefits students, and design practice.
Monday, August 2, 2021
5 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now
The New York Times: The New York Times features a solo exhibition of sculpture by Hugh Hayden (B.Arch. ’07) at Lisson Gallery in Manhattan that shows the outsized impact of organized religion and athletics on Black identity and masculinity.
Wednesday, July 28, 2021
Who Will Pay To Protect Tech Giants From Rising Seas?
NPR: City and Regional Planning's Linda Shi spoke with NPR about the impact of sea level rise on vulnerable residents in the Bay Area, where big tech companies like Facebook and Google also have much at stake.
Thursday, July 22, 2021
Longtime Planner Antoine Bryant Tapped as Detroit Development Director
The Detroit News: The Detroit News reports Mayor Mike Duggan has selected Bryant (B.S. URS '95) for the city's planning and development chief. Bryant previously served as business development and project manager at alumni-led architecture firm Moody Nolan.
Friday, July 16, 2021
The Biggest Astronomy Museum in the World Is Opening in Shanghai — and We Spoke to the Architect
Travel & Leisure: In Travel & Leisure, museum designer Thomas J. Wong (B.Arch. '91/M.Arch. '93) of Ennead Architects says astronomical concepts of orbital motion, the universe's continuous motion, and the "three-body problem" inspired the design.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Curator Sean Anderson Leaves the MoMA to Lead Cornell's B.Arch. Program
The Architect's Newspaper: Architect's Newspaper covers AAP's announcement that curator, educator, and designer Sean Anderson will join the faculty as an associate professor and director of the Bachelor of Architecture program.
Thursday, July 15, 2021
Cornell Adopts an Official Land Acknowledgement, Expanding Cayuga Nation Recognition
Cornell Daily Sun: More than a decade ago, Professor Jolene Rickard, history of art and visual studies, initiated the project finalized by American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program & traditional Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫɁ leaders. Cornell Daily Sun.
Friday, July 9, 2021
Authority Magazine: Architects Tom McKeogh and Beat Huesler (B.Arch. '92), the Strauch Visiting Critic in Sustainable Design (fall 2019) and cofounder with Chad Oppenheim (B.Arch. '94) of Oppenheim Architecture, are interviewed by Authority Magazine on Medium.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Cornell Atkinson Awards $1.8 Million to Fund Vital Collaborations
Cornell Chronicle: Architecture's Timur Dogan, Katharina Kral, Felix Heisel, Marta H. Wisniewska, and CRP's Mitch Glass have been awarded Cornell Atkinson Academic Venture Fund (AVF) seed grants for research on innovative sustainable solutions.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Biking, Walking Trails Could See Benefits from Proposed Infrastructure Bill
KGUN: Transportation planner Nicholas J. Klein, Assistant Professor in CRP, weighs in on the Biden administration's infrastructure package that could help shift gears in how we travel, for ABC affiliate KGUN-9 Tuscon.
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Remembering a Child of Ithaca, Twelve Years Later
14850.com: On the 12th anniversary of a loss that prompted the commission, Associate Professor of Art Roberto Bertoia's sculpture Child of Ithaca on the Ithaca Commons remains a popular spot to rest and reflect. In 14850.com
Tuesday, July 6, 2021
Top 300 U.S. Architecture Firms of 2021
Architectural Record: Founded by the late Art Gensler (B.Arch. '58), Gensler again leads Architectural Record's annual list of the Top 300 firms. Gensler and more firms in the top 25 have employed dozens of AAP Architecture alumni.
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
Sara Bronin, Florian Idenburg, and a Slew of Big Names Join the Cornell AAP Faculty
The Architect's Newspaper: The Architect's Newspaper covers AAP's announcement of an "impressive roster" of fall 2021 new faculty members joining "the only Ivy League architecture department offering a Bachelor of Architecture degree."
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
An Architect With an Eye on the Environment
The New York Times: In a special report on climate solutions, people, and the planet, The New York Times profiles the work of 2014–15 architecture visiting critic Kunlé Adeyemi, coauthor with new faculty Suzanne Lettieri, African Water Cities.
Friday, June 25, 2021
Sapar Contemporary Opens an Exhibition of New Works on Canvas by Jorge Otero-Pailos
Art Daily: Art Daily covers an exhibition of new work by artist, preservationist, alum Otero-Pailos (B.Arch. '94, M.Arch. '95) presenting dust extracted from historic sites the Old U.S. Mint, San Francisco, and the Lyndhurst Mansion in New York.
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Heroic Imaginations of the Future with J. Meejin Yoon
Design Voice Podcast: In Design Voice Podcast, AAP Dean Meejin Yoon talks with Catherine Meng (B.Arch. '09) about making architecture more accessible and how disciplines in the built environment must step up to address climate change, justice, and equity.
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Jonathan Moody: Be Wary of Normal
ARCHITECT: In his Op-ed, Moody (B.Arch. ‘07), the CEO of award-winning firm Moody Nolan, warns about losing both the momentum and discomfort of the past year as they relate to racial justice, in Architect Magazine.
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Archinect: Archinect reports Sekou Cooke (B.Arch. '99) will be in residence as a Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellow for the 2021–22 academic year, where he will work on his project 3D Turntables Remix: The Architectural Technology of Hip-Hop.
Friday, June 11, 2021
Carson Chan Appointed Inaugural Director of the Emilio Ambasz Institute at MoMA
The Architect's Newspaper: Architect's Newspaper reports MoMA has named curator, writer, and educator Carson Chan (B.Arch. '04) as the first director of the museum's Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and the Natural Environment.
Tuesday, June 8, 2021
The Baker Museum Receives a Climate Resilient Renovation by Weiss/Manfredi
Metropolis Magazine: Metropolis Magazine covers the expansion of Florida's revered museum by the firm of Michael Manfredi (M.Arch. '80), which is known for integrating architecture, art, public space, and landscape design.
