In the Media
The New York Times: A New York Times art critic selects the MoMA exhibition catalog for Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America, edited by cocurators Sean Anderson, associate professor of architecture, and scholar Mabel O. Wilson.
Rania Matar's Intimate Portraits of Girls On the Cusp of Womanhood
Blind Magazine: Blind Magazine profiles photographer Rania Matar (B.Arch. '87) and She, Matar's book of environmental portraits made in the U.S. and the Middle East that explores the parallel experiences of young women entering adulthood.
The Architecture of Social Media
Architect : In a story on internet and social media influence, Architect cites the reach of Associate Professor Jenny Sabin's Instagram hashtag #operationppe and her push to manufacture PPE using a 3D printer at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Community-Owned Land Trusts Catch Hospitals' Eye
Crosswalk Magazine: Land trusts can build community trust, as Jeisson Apolo (B.Arch./B.S. URS '16), who was an undocumented immigrant growing up in Chicago, testifies in a story by Crosswalk Magazine. Apolo is a land trust homeowner and board member.
Ithaca Launches City-Wide Decarbonization, Partners with Climate Startup and Cornellians
Cornell Daily Sun: Assistant Professor Felix Heisel, architecture, is quoted in Cornell Daily Sun coverage of the City of Ithaca's carbon-neutral plan. Heisel's Cornell Circular Construction Lab consulted on the proposal that was passed this fall.
Cornell Photographer Exhibits Work at Campus Gallery
The Ithaca Times: The Ithaca Times reviews AAP staff photographer William Staffeld's solo retrospective exhibition at Cornell's John Hartell Gallery in November. Staffeld will retire in January after 37 years at Cornell.
Dan Kaplan of FXCollaborative: Five Things You Need To Know To Succeed In The Real Estate Industry
Authority Magazine: Kaplan (B.Arch. '84) tells Authority Magazine about attending AAP Architecture during the peak influence of theorists Colin Rowe and Mattias Ungers, firms where he trained in the discipline and creating city skylines from Istanbul to NYC.
The Top Urban Planning Books of 2021
Planetizen: Planetizen selects Sekou Cooke's (B.Arch. '99) Hip-Hop Architecture, which invites readers to compare b-boys to architecture and to imagine the kinds of built environments that would warrant such a description.
Own an Old Barn? A New Tax Credit Aims to Spur Rehab, Transformation of Old Structures
Binghamton Press Connects: CRP's Professor Michael Tomlan tells Binghamton Press Connects that there are thousands of barns in need of rehabilitation throughout New York state. If signed before the start of the 2022 legislative session in January, a new law will help.
Department of Art at 100: New Leadership, Faculty, and Practice
Art & Education: As AAP's Department of Art marks its centennial, times past meet times to come with recent transitions in leadership and a renewed emphasis on faculty mentorship. In Art & Education.
The Sculptural Facade of This Store Offers a Hint of What Is Inside
Contemporist: Contemporist profiles a unique retail store in Wuhan, China, designed by Antistatics Architecture, the firm of Assistant Professor of the Practice Martin Miller, in collaboration with artist Yue Minjun.
Migration Roundtable Discusses Indigenous Displacement, Racism
Cornell Daily Sun: The Cornell Daily Sun reports Associate Professor Jolene Rickard, Art and History of Art and Visual Studies, gave a presentation on the power of visual media to express the complexities of both Indigenous resistance and colonial violence.
An Expanded Approach to the Analysis of Cities
Planetizen: In Planetizen, Martha Frish (M.A. HPP '81) writes about her work using a "scenes approach" comprised of businesses, people, and practices of similarly distinct aesthetics that can help our understanding of cities.
Lack of Watershed Laws Cited by Seneca-Keuka Watershed Partnership
Finger Lakes Times: Finger Lakes Times reports on the preliminary findings of the spring '21 CRP Land Use, Environmental Planning, and Urban Design Workshop led by Associate Professor of the Practice George Frantz.
What We Learn from Experience and Reflection
Einhorn Collaborative: Upon the dedication of Cornell's David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement., Einhorn Collaborative director Jennifer Hoos Rothberg (B.S. URS '04, M.R.P. '05) reflects on her community-engaged learning experiences as a CRP student.
Inside Climate News: Inside Climate News features Assistant Professor Felix Heisel, architecture, and the first of its kind plan adopted by the City of Ithaca, New York, to be an all-electric city by 2030.
And This Is Why It's Useful to Talk about Historical Examples of Institutionalized Racism
The Washington Post: Historian and CRP Professor Thomas J. Campanella adds credence to an example of racism embedded within infrastructure, a view that is repeatedly debated in partisan politics, according to the Washington Post.
To Fight Climate Change, Ithaca Votes to Decarbonize Its Buildings By 2030
NPR: Continued coverage from NPR on how the city plans to cut 400k tons-per-year CO2 emissions by 40%. AAP research labs led by assistant professors of architecture Timur Dogan and Felix Heisel are consultants on the project.
This U.S. City Just Voted to Decarbonize Every Single Building
The Washington Post: In The Washington Post, the city of Ithaca NY unanimously approved a plan to decarbonize and electrify buildings with consulting from Cornell research labs led by assistant professors of architecture Timur Dogan and Felix Heisel.
New Study Explicitly Links Protection of Water Access with Lower COVID-19 Infection and Death Rates
Sciencemag: Further coverage of Mildred Warner's and Xue Zhang's (Ph.D. RS '19) study on water shut-offs and COVID, in the U.K. journal Sciencemag.
