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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Announcing: Architecture and the Right to Heal, Resettler Nationalism in the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster

Cornell AAP Architecture Professor Esra Akcan released a new book this fall examining architecture's dual role as both a cause of human casualties and an agent for the public good with the potential to ameliorate traumas following conflict and crises.

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Monday, December 1, 2025
Groundwork: Cultivation Rooted in Art and Action

At the intersection of art, ecology, and community, students enrolled in a course led by Associate Professor Jen de los Reyes explore research and practice that moves beyond the studio and into Ithaca's local ecologies.
Monday, November 24, 2025
Using Found Objects, California Artist Turns Trash to Treasure

Cornell AAP alumnus Alvaro Alvarez (B.Arch. '15) is profiled for transforming discarded materials from the US-Mexico border region into sculptural artworks that reframe waste, abandonment, and environmental neglect as sources of beauty, memory, and renewal.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2025
Announcing: Architecture and the Right to Heal, Resettler Nationalism in the Aftermath of Conflict and Disaster

Esra Akcan

Cornell AAP Architecture Professor Esra Akcan released a new book this fall examining architecture's dual role as both a cause of human casualties and an agent for the public good with the potential to ameliorate traumas following conflict and crises.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
LABICS Wins International Competition for New Training Center in Maranello, Italy

Francesco Isidori, Maria Claudia Clemente

Cornell in Rome Visiting Critics in Architecture Maria Claudia Clemente and Francesco Isidori of LABICS have been awarded a major international commission for a new Ferrari-sponsored training facility in Maranello, underscoring their global design leadership and continued impact as educators at Cornell AAP.