About the Department of Architecture

L. P. Kwee Studios in Milstein Hall, exterior view showing students working late into the night, multi-image panorama. April 20, 2022.

Architecture student Andrew Boghossian (B.Arch. '23) at the San Gregorio da Sassola.

Christina Xie (B.Arch. '22) presenting her work for final thesis critique. Milstein Dome, May 12, 2022.

Edward Palmer York Memorial Prize competition and exhibition for first-year architecture students. Milstein Dome, February 25, 2022.

First-year B.Arch. students prepare, assemble, and display their Core I Studio models and works for exhibition in Milstein Dome, October 21, 2022. Melanie Chu / AAP

Gallery view of models produced by the fall 2022 Structural Systems class taught by Professor Mark Cruvellier, displayed in the Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Milstein Hall, November 16, 2022. Melanie Chu / AAP

Circulating Matters, an installation by Architecture Assistant Professor Felix Heisel and the Circular Construction Lab that identifies the potential of a future, local circular construction industry, on Cornell's Arts Quad by McGraw Hall, September 7, 2022. Anson Wigner / AAP

Associate Professor and Director of the M.S. AUD program Jesse LeCavalier delivering a presentation on the work and goals of the M.S. AUD program to the Gensler Family in the Tata Innovation Center on the Cornell Tech campus, October 27, 2022. Anson Wigner / AAP

Midterm review of work from the first-year B.Arch. Representation class taught by Visiting Critic Christopher A. Battaglia. Milstein Hall Dome, March 30, 2023.

John Conrad (B.Arch. '25) 3D printing concrete structures in the Rand Hall fabrication facility, March 27, 2023.

Gallery view of FRINGE: New Centers for Architecture and Urbanism, part of the 2023 Preston H. Thomas Memorial Symposium Exhibition organized by Assistant Professor Leslie Lok. The exhibition featured work by 1+1>2 Architects, Amateur Architecture Studio, ArchiUnion, Bangkok Project Studio, DnA Design and Architecture, Drawing Architecture Studio, Future Cities Laboratory, Rural-Urban Building Innovation Laboratory, Rural Urban Framework, Studio Anna Heringer, and SUP Atelier. Bibliowicz Family Gallery, March 3, 2023.

L. P. Kwee Studios in Milstein Hall, exterior view showing students working late into the night, multi-image panorama. April 20, 2022. Architecture student Andrew Boghossian (B.Arch. '23) at the San Gregorio da Sassola. Christina Xie (B.Arch. '22) presenting her work for final thesis critique. Milstein Dome, May 12, 2022. Edward Palmer York Memorial Prize competition and exhibition for first-year architecture students. Milstein Dome, February 25, 2022. First-year B.Arch. students prepare, assemble, and display their Core I Studio models and works for exhibition in Milstein Dome, October 21, 2022. Melanie Chu / AAP Gallery view of models produced by the fall 2022 Structural Systems class taught by Professor Mark Cruvellier, displayed in the Bibliowicz Family Gallery, Milstein Hall, November 16, 2022. Melanie Chu / AAP Circulating Matters, an installation by Architecture Assistant Professor Felix Heisel and the Circular Construction Lab that identifies the potential of a future, local circular construction industry, on Cornell's Arts Quad by McGraw Hall, September 7, 2022. Anson Wigner / AAP Associate Professor and Director of the M.S. AUD program Jesse LeCavalier delivering a presentation on the work and goals of the M.S. AUD program to the Gensler Family in the Tata Innovation Center on the Cornell Tech campus, October 27, 2022. Anson Wigner / AAP Midterm review of work from the first-year B.Arch. Representation class taught by Visiting Critic Christopher A. Battaglia. Milstein Hall Dome, March 30, 2023. John Conrad (B.Arch. '25) 3D printing concrete structures in the Rand Hall fabrication facility, March 27, 2023. Gallery view of FRINGE: New Centers for Architecture and Urbanism, part of the 2023 Preston H. Thomas Memorial Symposium Exhibition organized by Assistant Professor Leslie Lok. The exhibition featured work by 1+1>2 Architects, Amateur Architecture Studio, ArchiUnion, Bangkok Project Studio, DnA Design and Architecture, Drawing Architecture Studio, Future Cities Laboratory, Rural-Urban Building Innovation Laboratory, Rural Urban Framework, Studio Anna Heringer, and SUP Atelier. Bibliowicz Family Gallery, March 3, 2023.

Cornell University is home to one of the oldest and most respected architecture programs in the United States. NAAB accredited undergraduate and graduate professional degree programs in architectural design provide a solid foundation in the history, theory, and practice of architecture while graduate study in the history of architecture produces scholars for the next generation of academic leaders. An important feature of the program is its relatively small size, fostering a sense of intellectual community essential to teaching and research.

Cornell architecture students and faculty have opportunities to take advantage of the university's world-class library collection, landmark campus in Ithaca, and global footprint and network of alumni and partners. As part of the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning community, they have access to incredible physical resources like Milstein Hall and the Rand Hall Fabrication Shop. Students and faculty are frequently studying and teaching far from Ithaca — in AAP's New York City and Rome, Italy locations or through traveling option studios and other opportunities.

The department's core curricula are implemented by faculty from a variety of fields related to the discipline including architectural design, history of architecture and urban development, architectural theory, technology, and representation, and landscape architecture.

Programs of Study

Graduate

• Professional Master of Architecture (M.Arch.)
• Post-Professional Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design (M.S. AAD)
• History of Architecture and Urban Development (M.A. and Ph.D.)

Undergraduate

• Professional Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.)
• Minor in Architecture