In the Media
Thomas Heatherwick Selects Ten "Humanized" Buildings, Including AntiStatics Architecture's MaoHaus
Dezeen: Heatherwick showcases buildings that are "givers rather than takers," including MaoHaus in Beijing, China, by Assistant Professor of the Practice Martin Miller's design office.
ArchDaily: Olalekan Jeyifous (B.Arch. '99) discusses his recent success, utopian approach to art and architecture, and why he feels science fiction could help the discipline break with exclusionary practices.
NOMA Highlights Student Design Competition Winners and More at 2023 Conference
Archinect: The NOMAS Cornell team, advised by Architecture Assistant Professor Suzanne Lettieri and Design Teaching Fellow Imani Day, took home first place for their project Reclaiming Albina’s Legacy: Carving as a Catalyst for Healing.
Reframing the American Landscape
The New York Times: A profile of Art Professor Emerita Kay WalkingStick, whose exhibition of work in dialogue with paintings from the Hudson River School is currently on view at the New-York Historical Society.
To Build an Affordable Housing Future, We Must Look to the Past
The Hill: CRP Professor Sara Bronin, currently serving as chair of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, shares a proposed new federal government policy that would encourage both rehabilitating historic housing and adapting historic buildings.
Next Progressives: The Students of Dark Matter U
Architect Magazine: This profile of students who ground and inspire DMU's work and evolution includes Architecture Strauch Fellow Sydney Maubert.
When it Comes to Urban Trees, More Isn't Always Better
Bloomberg CityLab: An op-ed by project director Alexander Kobald explores the lessons of Tree Folio NYC, which offers new tools to better understand and quantify the local impact of urban trees. The project was developed with students and funding from the Design Across Scales Lab, led by AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. '95), and the Urban Tech Hub, part of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech.
The Conversation: CRP Assistant Professor Linda Shi coauthored this study of how sea-level rise affects municipal tax revenues and whether coastal planners and managers are accounting for these fiscal impacts.
Where the Artists Are Present — and In Charge
The New York Times Style Magazine: This feature story on the impact of artist-run galleries includes the work of Ortega y Gasset Projects in Gowanus, cofounded by Art Assistant Professor Leeza Meksin.
The Architect's Newspaper: Installations showcased work created by faculty and students including Architecture Visiting Critics Dillon Pranger and Christopher Battaglia, Raihaan Bose (B.Arch. '26), Weizi Song (M.Arch. '25), Kayla Soler (M.Arch. '25), Yicheng Yuan (B.Arch. '27), and Neal Lucas Hitch (M.S. MDC '24).
Leading Educators: Q&A with Milton Curry
The Architect's Newspaper: Curry, Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Engagement and architecture faculty at AAP, shares his thoughts on architectural education and goals for the future.
Wu Unveils Plans to Revamp Boston's Decades-Old Rules for What Can Be Built Where
The Boston Globe: The overhaul will be guided by a report from CRP Professor Sara C. Bronin, founder of the National Zoning Atlas project, which suggests reversing the city’s neighborhood-specific zoning and culling the code to 500 pages, creating a mixed-use zoning district, and emphasizing growth and additional housing near MBTA stations.
Need Housing? Need a Train Line? Stack Them Up.
Curbed: An exploration of an innovative proposal to build low-rise apartments over an underused rail line in Brooklyn put forth by Jay Valgora's (B. Arch. '85) Studio V.
Cornell's Jenny Sabin Awarded the 2023 Rippmann Memorial Prize by DigitalFUTURES
Bustler: Sabin was recognized for standing "at the forefront of a new direction for 21st-century architectural practice — one that investigates the intersections of architecture and science and applies insights and theories from biology and mathematics to the design of responsive material structures and ecological spatial interventions for diverse audiences."
Art on the Mall: American Diversity on Display
CBS Sunday Morning: Highlights from Beyond Granite: Pulling Together, the first-ever curated exhibition on the National Mall, which presents works from a diverse range of artists including Art Chair and Professor Paul Ramírez Jonas (at 3:50).
How Might Buildings and Their Integrated Materials Systems Behave Like Organisms?
ArchDaily: A conversation with Architecture Professor Jenny Sabin exploring the critical link between research and practice and her interdisciplinary approach that fosters collaboration with both scientists and engineers.
New Yorkers, How Much Shade Does Your Street Really Have? This Map Will Tell You.
Gothamist: A new study developed under Alex Kobald with students and funding from the Design Across Scales Lab, led by AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon (B.Arch. '95), and the Urban Tech Hub, part of the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech, offers clearer details on how much shade New York City trees provide.
Hello Wood's Builder Summit Experiments with Construction Techniques to Revive an Abandoned Quarry
ArchDaily: As part of the annual festival in rural Hungary, the Half of a House pavilion was built, designed by Neal Lucas Hitch (M.S. MDC '24) of i/thee alongside earth specialist Maxwell Rodencal (M.Arch. '23) of RAWstudio.
MapLab: The Zoning Data Revolution is Here
Bloomberg CityLab: The report explores how initiatives such as the National Zoning Atlas led by CRP Professor Sara Bronin make zoning data more accessible, empowering reformers concerned about inequality and barriers to housing.
The Seduction of Systems: A Conversation with Jill Magid
The Brooklyn Rail: Jill Magid (B.F.A. '95) shares insights into her art, process, and what she hopes people take away from her work.
