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Gensler Family Endows, Names Cornell AAP NYC Program
M. Arthur Gensler and his family's recent $10 million endowment gift names and supports the future of AAP's thriving New York City program.
Peter Robinson on Building Trust, Black Spaces, and Black Futures in Brooklyn
Peter Robinson (B.Arch. '98) of BlackSpace Urbanism Collective brings participatory design practices addressing race and urban spaces to the AAP NYC studio.
Cornell Journal of Architecture "Fear," volume 11 released
CJoA's editorial team shares selections from the latest volume, "Fear," which includes 24 contributions from architects, writers, scholars, and students.
Race and Racism Across Borders
AAP students Tina Lam (M.F.A. '21) and Lucy Ding (B.Arch. '22) are featured in Global Cornell's project expressing new knowledge about racial dynamics.
Eight Cornell student projects based on unrealized Noguchi concepts are presented by Spring 2020 visiting associate professor in architecture Naomi Frangos.
ASSOCIATION 11 Draws Parallels Across AAP
ASSOCIATION has been a student-run publication since 2005, this year's editorial team presents its most recent iteration, volume 11.
Quad Art Installations Make Physical Distancing More Social
AAP students and recent alumni created the concepts, designs, and installations specifically for the project, supported by staff, faculty, and grounds crew.
Curatorial Practices: Two Upcoming Fall 2020 Preston H. Thomas Lectures
November 5 and 6 Preston Thomas Lectures on exhibition-making for the Venice Architecture Biennale Kuwait (2021) and Antarctic (2014) pavilions.
Who Is Don Greenberg, and Why Is He Pixelated?
Greenberg’s stellar career spans the explosive growth of computing power, focused throughout on the skills architecture students will need to keep pace.
Silver Linings: Innovation, Kits, Tech Animate a Hybrid Semester
Among many innovations this semester, architecture students study form and function using paper, a material readily available on campus, and virtually.
Green Is the New Normal: Faculty Talk about Teaching in Fall 2020
Visiting Critic Marta H. Wisniewska and other Cornell faculty create new ways to engage with students, master new tech, and address equity and inclusion.
Martin Miller Q&A: Architecture, Advancing Technology, and Defining Practice
Martin Miller, architecture, discusses his work, creative practice, and the role of emerging technologies in advancing ideas in design and building.
AAP Faculty Explore Design Innovation, Resilience
AAP faculty explored resilient architecture through technological innovation at FABRICATE 2020, an online conference held Sept. 9–12.
COVID-19 and Equity: Rethinking Cities, Pedagogy, and Race
The AAP community rethinks key urban design attributes, planning issues, and legacies of colonialism at the heart of inequities based on class and race.
Three Things to Know About FABRICATE 2020
AAP faculty will have a strong showing at FABRICATE 2020: Making Resilient Architecture, cochaired this year by Associate Professor Jenny Sabin, architecture.
Yoon: Enslaved Laborer Memorial Invites Healing, Reflection
The Cornell Chronicle says the tribute at the recently completed memorial fulfilled a central goal of its design team, led by Höweler + Yoon Architecture LLP.
Fall 2020: AAP Expands, Adapts to Cornell's New Normal
AAP returns to access new spaces and classes, opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaboration, and renewed commitments to diversity and inclusion.
AAP Mourns Former Dean and Cornell in Rome Founder Bill McMinn
Dean of AAP from 1984 to 1996, McMinn believed that the ancient city of Rome was the ideal laboratory for the disciplines of architecture, art, and planning.
AAP Students Named 2020 Rawlings Cornell Presidential Research Scholars
Six architecture, art, and planning students have been named to the prestigious Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars (RCPRS) program.
AAP Students Shine in Recent Competitions, Awards, and Grants
AAP students received a number of awards and grants in support of their work