Stories

Monday, March 21, 2022

Return Of The Dragon: Two-Headed Beast Revives Dragon Day

In the Cornell Chronicle, first- and second-year architecture students join forces to resurrect the dragon, promised to be the largest to date, as Dragon Day returns April 1 after a two-year hiatus.

Monday, March 14, 2022

FORMWORK Forges Diversity and Sustainability in Design

The second session of the Breaking Ground(s) symposium, titled "FORMWORK," features three architects whose work brings diverse perspectives and social commitments to the practice of design and pedagogy.

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Looking at After, Cornell Journal of Architecture Vol. 12

After follows a pandemic-related delay but continues the tradition of showing boundary-pushing work from faculty, students, alumni, and visitors in the Department of Architecture.

Friday, March 4, 2022

Laying GROUNDWORK: Relationality, Land, and Ways of Knowing

Marking the Department of Architecture's 150th academic year, the first session of Breaking Ground(s), titled "GROUNDWORK," invites three leading voices who ask: How can we bring radically divergent histories of land and place into conversation?

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Sharing History: The AAP Alumni Archive

Generously supported by alumna Mui Ho (B.Arch.'66), the new AAP Alumni Archive is built on her belief in the importance of community connections across time.

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Architecture for the People

View architect Mui Ho's (B.Arch. '66) community engaged design and research in the AAP Alumni Archive.

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Art at 100, Across Cultures and Time

The Department of Art marks a century from its founding academic year with a program of public events including exhibitions, artist talks, and panel discussions that look to both the past and future of art practice and pedagogy at Cornell AAP.

Monday, February 21, 2022

Seeing and Belonging Through History: Teiger Mentor in the Arts Emily Jacir

Jacir brings a deep investment in creating alternative spaces of "knowledge production" to her teaching with M.F.A. students this spring.

Thursday, February 17, 2022

Unbuild Better: a Collegetown Case Study in Deconstruction

Assistant Professor of architecture Felix Heisel is supervising the deconstruction of homes in Ithaca NY, all formerly serving as student apartments, with an eye to circular construction design and sustainable building materials reuse.

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Remembering Frances M. "Franny" Shloss (B.Arch. '45), 1923–2022

From uniquely challenging beginnings as an architecture student to her enduring dedication to her alma mater, AAP remembers Franny Shloss by her legacy of determination, generosity, and her artist's soul.

Friday, February 4, 2022

Architecture Breaks Ground at 150 Years

Architecture at 150: Leading scholars and designers join the department in celebrating and challenging histories, and imagining possible futures.

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Revitalizing Baltimore

View architect David Benn's (B.Arch. '74) contributions to revitalizing Baltimore through his work in the AAP Alumni Archive.

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Shifting Boundaries

The AAP Alumni Archive features artist Louise Lawler (B.F.A. '69), recalling her time as an art student at Cornell and getting started as an artist in New York City.

Friday, January 28, 2022

Designing a Better Workplace

The AAP Alumni Archive showcases the work of multifaceted designer and innovator in the field of architecture Chauncey Jones (B.Arch. '74).

Friday, January 28, 2022

Art Remix: Transforming Familiar Artwork Through Collage

The AAP Alumni Archive showcases the work of Joel Carreiro (B.F.A. '71).

Thursday, January 27, 2022

A Mediator for Environmental Cleanup

View the work and environmental legacy of Susan Boyle (M.R.P. '82) in the AAP Alumni Archive.

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Engaging Communities

Explore Henry Richardson's (B.Arch. '68, M.Arch. '70, M.R.P. '71) life's work that uses design to "translate community ideas" in the AAP Alumni Archive.