In the Media
Biking, Walking Trails Could See Benefits from Proposed Infrastructure Bill
KGUN: Transportation planner Nicholas J. Klein, Assistant Professor in CRP, weighs in on the Biden administration's infrastructure package that could help shift gears in how we travel, for ABC affiliate KGUN-9 Tuscon.
Cornell Atkinson Awards $1.8 Million to Fund Vital Collaborations
Cornell Chronicle: Architecture's Timur Dogan, Katharina Kral, Felix Heisel, Marta H. Wisniewska, and CRP's Mitch Glass have been awarded Cornell Atkinson Academic Venture Fund (AVF) seed grants for research on innovative sustainable solutions.
Remembering a Child of Ithaca, Twelve Years Later
14850.com: On the 12th anniversary of a loss that prompted the commission, Associate Professor of Art Roberto Bertoia's sculpture Child of Ithaca on the Ithaca Commons remains a popular spot to rest and reflect. In 14850.com
Top 300 U.S. Architecture Firms of 2021
Architectural Record: Founded by the late Art Gensler (B.Arch. '58), Gensler again leads Architectural Record's annual list of the Top 300 firms. Gensler and more firms in the top 25 have employed dozens of AAP Architecture alumni.
Sara Bronin, Florian Idenburg, and a Slew of Big Names Join the Cornell AAP Faculty
The Architect's Newspaper: The Architect's Newspaper covers AAP's announcement of an "impressive roster" of fall 2021 new faculty members joining "the only Ivy League architecture department offering a Bachelor of Architecture degree."
An Architect With an Eye on the Environment
The New York Times: In a special report on climate solutions, people, and the planet, The New York Times profiles the work of 2014–15 architecture visiting critic Kunlé Adeyemi, coauthor with new faculty Suzanne Lettieri, African Water Cities.
Sapar Contemporary Opens an Exhibition of New Works on Canvas by Jorge Otero-Pailos
Art Daily: Art Daily covers an exhibition of new work by artist, preservationist, alum Otero-Pailos (B.Arch. '94, M.Arch. '95) presenting dust extracted from historic sites the Old U.S. Mint, San Francisco, and the Lyndhurst Mansion in New York.
Heroic Imaginations of the Future with J. Meejin Yoon
Design Voice Podcast: In Design Voice Podcast, AAP Dean Meejin Yoon talks with Catherine Meng (B.Arch. '09) about making architecture more accessible and how disciplines in the built environment must step up to address climate change, justice, and equity.
Jonathan Moody: Be Wary of Normal
ARCHITECT: In his Op-ed, Moody (B.Arch. ‘07), the CEO of award-winning firm Moody Nolan, warns about losing both the momentum and discomfort of the past year as they relate to racial justice, in Architect Magazine.
Archinect: Archinect reports Sekou Cooke (B.Arch. '99) will be in residence as a Nasir Jones Hiphop Fellow for the 2021–22 academic year, where he will work on his project 3D Turntables Remix: The Architectural Technology of Hip-Hop.
Carson Chan Appointed Inaugural Director of the Emilio Ambasz Institute at MoMA
The Architect's Newspaper: Architect's Newspaper reports MoMA has named curator, writer, and educator Carson Chan (B.Arch. '04) as the first director of the museum's Emilio Ambasz Institute for the Joint Study of the Built and the Natural Environment.
The Baker Museum Receives a Climate Resilient Renovation by Weiss/Manfredi
Metropolis Magazine: Metropolis Magazine covers the expansion of Florida's revered museum by the firm of Michael Manfredi (M.Arch. '80), which is known for integrating architecture, art, public space, and landscape design.
Shortlist Revealed for the AR New into Old Awards 2021
Architectural Record: Ryan W Kennihan Architects, the practice of Ryan Kennihan (B.Arch. '04) lands on Architectural Record's shortlist for its annual AR New into Old awards, for "the mysterious joy of a ruin" in Baltrasna House in Dublin, Ireland.
This Louisiana Neighborhood Is Retreating in the Face of Climate Change
Grist: Assistant Professor in City and Regional Planning Linda Shi comments in Grist on the case for government buyouts, saying it is one of the few policy levers governments have for enacting managed retreat from climate threats.
Architectural Record: Hou de Sousa, the firm of Josh de Sousa (B.Arch. '05) and Nancy Hou (B.Arch. '05), honored in Architectural Record's annual list of 10 emerging practices advancing issues of form, construction, sustainability, and community engagement.
Charles Cassell, Architect and Early Advocate of D.C. Statehood, Dies at 96
The Washington Post: In a memoriam from The Washington Post, alumnus Charles Cassell (B.Arch. '46), famed trailblazing architect of the multi-generational Cornellian Cassell family — all of whom studied architecture at AAP — passes away at age 96.
Cornell Daily Sun: The Cornell Daily Sun calls Sabrina Haertig's (B.F.A.'22) exhibition Es Lo Que Tenemos "a powerful experience, intertwining social issues like immigration with a reckoning of her cultural identities as a Dominican and German woman."
Covid Is Forcing America To Fix Its Water Supply
Wired: In Wired, Planning Professor Mildred Warner comments on the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, a bill before Congress. Warner's research found a moratorium on water shutoffs could have saved thousands of lives.
Future100: For Young Architects-in-Training, Green Building Strategies Affect Form and Function
Metropolis: Metropolis details a proposal by Carla De Haro (B.Arch. '21) that puts a new building atop the Cornell Campus Store, "a kind of spaceship extracting waste energy and water from its host."
ArtForum: ArtForum reviews the new Bourse de Commerce Museum, highlighting Louise Lawler's (B.F.A. '69) conceptual photography Helms Amendment, which captures the inhumanity of the 1987 senate vote against funding AIDS education.
