Stories
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.
Faculty Research University's Ties to Indigenous Dispossession
Jolene Rickard, art, is part of a faculty committee to consult with Native American nations that ceded land in an exploration of Cornell’s land-grant status.
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.
Subsidized Cars Help Low-Income Families Economically, Socially
Research by Assistant Professor Nicholas Klein, CRP, reports insights from interviews with people who gained access to inexpensive, reliable cars.
Regional Science Pioneer Sidney "Sid" Saltzman, 1926–2020
Saltzman, a former chair and longtime faculty member of the Department of City and Regional Planning, passed away on September 23, in Ithaca, New York.
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.
Glass Continues Cleveland Transdisciplinary Studio and CRP Workshop with Engaged Faculty Fellowship
Mitch Glass, CRP/LA, awarded Engaged Faculty Fellowship to continue community-planning work on a 90-acre site in Cleveland with students from four disciplines.
AAP Faculty Explore Design Innovation, Resilience
AAP faculty explored resilient architecture through technological innovation at FABRICATE 2020, an online conference held Sept. 9–12.
Jessi Reaves Named Fall 2020 Teiger Mentor in the Arts
New York City–based artist Jessi Reaves is the Teiger Mentor in the Arts for the Fall 2020 semester.
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.
Visiting Lecturer in CRP Kirby Edmonds Remembered
Edmonds was a voice for justice and change as a longtime visiting lecturer in CRP and an important community leader in Ithaca, New York.
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
