In the Media
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.
Thursday, June 3, 2021
Shortlist Revealed for the AR New into Old Awards 2021
Architectural Record: Ryan W Kennihan Architects, the practice of Ryan Kennihan (B.Arch. '04) lands on Architectural Record's shortlist for its annual AR New into Old awards, for "the mysterious joy of a ruin" in Baltrasna House in Dublin, Ireland.
Thursday, June 3, 2021
This Louisiana Neighborhood Is Retreating in the Face of Climate Change
Grist: Assistant Professor in City and Regional Planning Linda Shi comments in Grist on the case for government buyouts, saying it is one of the few policy levers governments have for enacting managed retreat from climate threats.
Tuesday, June 1, 2021
Architectural Record: Hou de Sousa, the firm of Josh de Sousa (B.Arch. '05) and Nancy Hou (B.Arch. '05), honored in Architectural Record's annual list of 10 emerging practices advancing issues of form, construction, sustainability, and community engagement.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Charles Cassell, Architect and Early Advocate of D.C. Statehood, Dies at 96
The Washington Post: In a memoriam from The Washington Post, alumnus Charles Cassell (B.Arch. '46), famed trailblazing architect of the multi-generational Cornellian Cassell family — all of whom studied architecture at AAP — passes away at age 96.
Wednesday, May 26, 2021
Cornell Daily Sun: The Cornell Daily Sun calls Sabrina Haertig's (B.F.A.'22) exhibition Es Lo Que Tenemos "a powerful experience, intertwining social issues like immigration with a reckoning of her cultural identities as a Dominican and German woman."
Tuesday, May 25, 2021
Covid Is Forcing America To Fix Its Water Supply
Wired: In Wired, Planning Professor Mildred Warner comments on the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, a bill before Congress. Warner's research found a moratorium on water shutoffs could have saved thousands of lives.
Monday, May 24, 2021
Future100: For Young Architects-in-Training, Green Building Strategies Affect Form and Function
Metropolis: Metropolis details a proposal by Carla De Haro (B.Arch. '21) that puts a new building atop the Cornell Campus Store, "a kind of spaceship extracting waste energy and water from its host."
Monday, May 24, 2021
ArtForum: ArtForum reviews the new Bourse de Commerce Museum, highlighting Louise Lawler's (B.F.A. '69) conceptual photography Helms Amendment, which captures the inhumanity of the 1987 senate vote against funding AIDS education.
Wednesday, May 19, 2021
Art Gensler, Who Built One of the World’s Largest Architecture Firms, Dies at 85
The Washington Post: The Washington Post obituary credits the Cornell architecture alum with growing his three-person design business into one of the world's largest architecture firms, designing airport terminals, mega-skyscrapers, and office interiors.
Monday, May 17, 2021
Design Connect to Present Newfield Hamlet Study Results
The Ithaca Times: Reported by The Ithaca Times, the Town of Newfield Planning Board contracted Cornell Design Connect to engage in a study of the Newfield Hamlet. The student-run, multi-disciplinary group is advised by Professor Michael Tomlan, CRP.
Monday, May 17, 2021
In Boston, the World's Largest Passive House Office Tower Is on the Rise
The Architect's Newspaper: Architect's Newspaper details the 690-foot-tall Winthrop Center designed by Handel Architects, the firm of Gary Handel (B.Arch. '78) and Blake Middleton (B.Arch. '78, M.Arch. '81) who also designed Cornell Tech's passive dorm, The House.
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Architecture Books to Inspire Shelf Love
Wallpaper: Wallpaper recommends B.Arch.'99 Sekou Cooke's recent book Hip-Hop Architecture as a call for building design to be instated as the fifth pillar of this cultural movement.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
The Best Residential Architects and Designers in New York, New York
NYCARCHITECTS: 1983 bachelor of architecture graduate Alan Berman's firm Archetype Architecture is named one of the top 15 residential architects in NYC by NYC Architects. The firm's services include predesign, schematics, interior design, and more.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
AN Interior: AN Interior covers Visiting Lecturer in Architecture Erin Pellegrino's conversion of a Martha's Vineyard sailboat workshop into a craft-inspired home. The unusual A-frame shed was built in the 1990s by Chester Wisniewski.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
What Black Is This, You Say? A Public Artwork by Amanda Williams
Archinect: Archinect details the May 1 launch of What Black Is This, You Say?, a year-long public artwork initiative by Amanda Williams (B.Arch '97) that translates a body of work initiated by the artist on Instagram.
Wednesday, April 28, 2021
A Floating Deck Will Offer Eye-Level Views of the Schuylkill River in 2022
Philly Voice : The Philly Voice previews FloatLab, an installation and learning lab in South Philadelphia, designed by Höweler + Yoon Architecture, the firm of AAP Dean Yoon and cofounder Eric Höweler (B.Arch. '94, M.Arch. '96).
Monday, April 26, 2021
Neighbors Gallery Exhibits Cornell Student's Ceramic Sculptures
The Ithaca Times: The Ithaca Times reviewed No More Chicken Nuggets, Mommy, a recent show of ceramic sculptures by Grace Sachi Troxell (M.F.A. '21) presented by Neighbors Gallery, an "alternative space" during COVID in Ithaca, NY.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Yang | What is That Outside of Schwartz!?
Cornell Daily Sun: Featured in the Cornell Daily Sun, Adam Shulman (B.F.A. '23) projects light, warmth, and nature on the Schwartz Center with his installation titled After Nature Had Drawn a Few Breaths. Ends April 26.
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Biden Pledges U.S. Will Cut Climate-Changing Pollution At Least In Half By 2030
HuffPost: CRP's Linda Shi quoted in the HuffPost says the Biden administration "will get more done by changing systemic rules that they control at the federal level," such as through carbon taxes, gas prices, and negotiating building standards.
