Stories
Finding Purpose and Beauty, Contribution Project Expands Its Reach
Featured in the Cornell Chronicle, Oscar Llodra (B.Arch. '25) used funds from this year's Contribution Project to design a new way of approaching mobile, affordable housing through a DIY camper. The Contribution Project is a collaboration between Cornell University's Purpose Science and innovation Exchange (PSiX) and Purpose Commons.
Cornell AAP Receives Gift to Endow Judith Kinnard Early Career Design Fellow in Architecture
With a gift from two AAP alumni, the college has established a position meant to be a "powerful running start" for emerging design educators.
Ratan N. Tata Posthumously Honored with Inaugural Distinguished Alumni Award
Milstein Hall's auditorium was at capacity for the April ceremony, during which speakers shared personal reflections on Tata's wide-ranging impact and legacy.
Autodesk Gives Jointly to Cornell's Colleges of Engineering and Architecture, Art, and Planning
To advance teaching, research, student experience, and post-graduate success in Cornell Engineering and Cornell AAP, Autodesk gifts $4.3M to be shared by the two colleges.
Speculative Thinking: AAP NYC Spring Studio Explorations
This semester's architecture studios at the Gensler Family AAP NYC Center encourage students to investigate alternative possibilities for addressing contemporary urban challenges.
Colors of the Wind: Dragon Day Beast Gets an Artistic Twist
For Dragon Day 2025, the first-year architecture student tradition resulted in a blank canvas beast that marched to the Arts Quad to be met with a kaleidoscope of vibrant hues.
New Mui Ho Center for Cities Podcast Explores "Wicked" Urban Problems and Actions Across Scales
The Good City connects people with a passion for urban issues, both within and outside academia, through engaging conversations and shared knowledge.
Admitted Class of 2029 Channels Passions into Knowledge
Through volunteer work, research, and advocacy, the 5,824 students admitted to the Class of 2029 reflect Cornell's commitment to changing lives through public engagement, the Cornell Chronicle reports.
Architecture Students Set to Show "How to Build Your Dragon"
The Cornell Chronicle previews the annual Dragon Day parade, which is expected to feature an 80-foot dragon designed by first-year architecture students that will glide through campus aided by sail-like wings.
Cornell Faculty Honored for Community-Engaged Innovation
Associate Professor of Architecture Pamela Karimi is among 13 faculty members from across Cornell who are being honored by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement with this year's Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards.
Announcing: CriticalProductive edited by Architecture Professor Milton S. F. Curry
After two pilot issues, the journal has launched a media-rich inaugural volume, "Sovereignty / Populism," and dedicated itself to disseminating experimental scholarship and creative work to a broad audience.
Solar Solutions: Bio-Inspired Approach Creates Bespoke Photovoltaics
HelioSkin, an interdisciplinary project led by Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin, College of Arts and Sciences faculty Itai Cohen, and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty Adrienne Roeder, combines computational design, digital fabrication, and 3D printing to create customized filters and photovoltaic panel assemblies.
Trailblazing Architect Kimberly Dowdell (B.Arch. '06) Aims to Inspire Others
Kimberly Dowdell (B.Arch. '06), Director of Strategic Relationships and Principal at the global architectural firm HOK and a leading voice on the importance of diverse perspectives in her field, shares her story with Cornellians.
An Open Invitation: AAP's Spring 2025 Semester Highlights
With the start of a new semester comes a fresh opportunity to engage with AAP colleagues and guests, explore concepts on campus and in the field, and find inspiration in the work and ideas on display at every turn.
Reimagining Informal Housing in Mathare, Kenya
Negotiating the challenges of safe, reliable, and affordable housing, Cornell AAP architecture and planning students collaborated with Slum Dwellers International and local residents to explore alternative housing design and construction strategies for Mathare, an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya.
Not for the Faint of Heart: Vishaan Chakrabarti on Urbanity, Social Uplift, and the Power of Design
Chakrabarti joined Cornell AAP this semester as the Thomas J. Baird Visiting Critic to share his vast knowledge and practical experience improving cities and communities with NYC-based Advanced Urban Design students.
Found in Translation: (Re)Connecting with Roman Archaeological Sites in the Heart of the City
After winning an international design competition, Architecture Visiting Critics Francesco Isidori and Maria Claudia Clemente brought that brief to their Cornell in Rome architectural design studio this semester, offering their students the opportunity to engage with major Roman sites both ancient and contemporary.
Exhibit Highlights Art/Tech Intersections in Student Work
Six AAP students won prizes at the inaugural Art+Tech exhibit hosted by Cornell's Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity: Thomas Knoepffler, Cheng Peng, Sissy Tian (all M.S. DT '26), Kanika Bhagat (B.Arch. '26), Willem Schreiber (B.F.A. '25), and Hendrik Stoops Lugo (B.F.A. '27).
AAP Architecture Faculty's Obelisk, Pyramidion, Towers at The Met
The installation designed by Architecture faculty Jennifer Newsom and Tom Carruthers is one of nearly 200 artworks featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Flight into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876-Now exhibition, open through Feb. 17.
Pantry Collaboration Expands Mission to Fight Food Insecurity
Architecture Lecturer Hanna Tulis is part of a multidisciplinary Cornell team supporting Enfield Food Distribution to create a resource hub to meet growing community needs.
