George Hascup (1942–2025)

George Hascup was the founder of Hascup Architecture, a diverse firm that created a legacy of built work in the Finger Lakes region for over 25 years, and whose mission was to create an original body of work that embraced a commitment to contextual architecture. The unique glaciated terrain of the Finger Lakes landscape provided the framework of the practice. Historic preservation, urban design, university planning, campus architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and furniture design interconnect the pathways of Hascup's work. The architecture is both spare and touching, revealing the essence of each particular site program and circumstance.

Hascup's teaching and practice profile evolved from the Pratt Institute, Bauhaus-based curriculum of Moholy-Nagy, in contrast to the University of California–Berkeley framework of environmentalism and William Wurster. His apprentice years (American, Bauhaus, and Cranbrook) were in the Saarinen Studio with Charles Eames in New Haven, Connecticut. Colin Rowe and O. M. Ungers's provocative leadership critically formed his Cornell experience.

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• In Memoriam: Architecture Professor Emeritus George E. Hascup (1942–2025)

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships (Selected)

• Landscape and Architecture Award: AIA, New York State "The Corning Glass House," Miller-Wood with Kathryn Wolf, Landscape Architect (2010)
• Distinguished Teaching Award: Martin Dominguez Distinguished Teaching Award, AAP, Cornell University (2009)
• The President's Merrill Scholars Distinguished Teaching Award, Cornell University (2005)
• M.Arch. I Studio, University of California–Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award, based on student evaluations (1992–93)

Exhibitions and Presentations (Selected)

• NY AIA Headquarters: Landscape and Architecture, The Corning Glass House, with Kathryn Wolf, Landscape Architect (2010)
• Architecture and Media, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University (1998)
• Faculty Show: A Legacy, 20 years of Built Work...The Fingerlakes, Hartell Gallery, Cornell University (2002)

Publications (Selected)

• "International Urban Bridges; Glass Skyway, Corning, NY, a Pedestrian Bridge Bauhaus," Architectural Record, Interpretation (2006)
• "Finger Lakes Finnish Sauna: Hascup Boathouse, Cayuga Lake, Ithaca, NY," The New York Times (1990)
• "The Sears House: An Italianate Historic Transformation," House and Garden (1995)