Department of Architecture
Left: "Swaying Udders" by Christopher Yi, (M.Arch. '20); Top Right: "CREOLE: A Spatial Language of Cultural Preservation, Transition, and Production" by Cornelius Tulloch (B.Arch. '21); Bottom Right: "Loop Column" by Justin Foo (B.Arch. '18) and Xinyu Yi (M.Arch '16).
Architecture at Cornell's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) is about creative and critical design practices that make lasting impact — balancing rigorous research and scholarship, responsibility for our natural and built environments, and reimagining the world at every scale to build a just and sustainable future for all.
At Cornell Architecture we see design as a process of creative experimentation and iterative analysis, ensuring non-judgmental, holistic, and open-ended inquiry enabled by independent, critical thinking and bold thought leadership. Our undergraduate and graduate programs are designed to support interdisciplinary collaboration and provide an integrated foundation in global history, theory, structures, environmental systems, building technologies, visual representation, ensuring that our students are equipped with actionable knowledge and the agency to enact change.
Highlights
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Friday, February 7, 2025
Register Now for Architecture Summer Programs
Cornell's renowned architecture program for high school students pairs studio design with history and theory courses for a comprehensive curriculum that encourages critical thinking and creative explorations of visual representation and the art of making with tools at the leading edge of design practice today.
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Fellowships and Funding Opportunities
View a selection of externally and internally sponsored fellowships available to undergraduate and graduate students in architecture.
Videos
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From Ordinary to Extraordinary
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L.P. Kwee Studios at Milstein Hall
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A Different Way of Thinking
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Unbuild Better: a Collegetown Case Study in Deconstruction
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Thursday, April 24, 2025
Cornell AAP Receives Gift to Endow Judith Kinnard Early Career Design Fellow in Architecture
With a gift from two AAP alumni, the college has established a position meant to be a "powerful running start" for emerging design educators.
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Thursday, April 24, 2025
Ratan N. Tata Posthumously Honored with Inaugural Distinguished Alumni Award
Milstein Hall's auditorium was at capacity for the April ceremony, during which speakers shared personal reflections on Tata's wide-ranging impact and legacy.
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Akima Brackeen and Cory Henry Among the 2025–26 Rome Prize Winners
The Architect's Newspaper: Cory Henry (M.Arch. '12) was named a Rome Prize winner in architecture. The award supports innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities by artists and scholars who represent the highest standards of excellence.
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A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds
The New York Times: Susan T. Rodriguez's (B.Arch. '82) architecture firm collaborated on the design for the $160 million Davis Center, a landmark renovation and upgrade of recreational space and waterways at Central Park's north end.
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Cornell Researchers Are Developing Flexible "Sun-Tracking" Material
Dezeen: A team of Cornell researchers led by Professor of Architecture and Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin is developing a flexible solar material called HelioSkin that is integrated with sun-tracking capabilities similar to the biomechanics of sunflowers.
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Jenny Sabin Develops Pliable PV Panel System Using Plant Biology
Archinect: A profile of HelioSkin, a collaborative, interdisciplinary project by Professor of Architecture and Design Tech Chair Jenny Sabin and Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and Design Tech faculty Itai Cohen.
Thursday, April 10, 2025
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Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Adaptive Recycled Plastic Architecture: Vacuum-Sealed Chainmail Structures Through Computational Design
Assistant Professor of Architecture Farzin Lotfi-Jam and alum Yi Xu (M.Arch. '24) coauthored this paper that explores the untapped potential of recycled plastics as a primary construction material.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Building Feminism: The 1976 International Congress of Women Architects in Iran
Architecture faculty Esra Akcan and Pamela Karimi coauthored this article on the role of women in architecture as discussed by women architects from all over the world at the 1976 meeting of the International Congress of Women Architects in Iran.
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Thursday, March 13, 2025
Smart Heat: Digital Twin and Cornell Researchers Help Ithaca Stay Warm While Moving Toward Carbon Neutrality
Architecture and Design Tech Associate Professor Timur Dogan and Hung Ming Tseng (M.S. AAD '24) are part of a team of researchers at Cornell's Environmental System Lab moving Ithaca toward carbon neutrality using digital twins and artificial intelligence.
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Thursday, May 8, 2025
Cornell in Rome: Spring 2025 Student Exhibition
View an exhibition of work presented during the Cornell in Rome Open House and reception.
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Friday, May 16, 2025
AIA New York: Circularity in Motion: Design, Policy, and Construction in Dialogue
Felix Heisel, Assistant Professor of Architecture and Director of the Circular Construction Lab, will speak at this full-day symposium in New York City exploring the future of circular economy practices.
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May 23–25, 2025
AAP Commencement Weekend
AAP will hold its commencement ceremony beginning at 11 a.m. on Sunday, May 25, 2025, in Bailey Hall.
Resources and Publications
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Architecture Studio Spaces
Learn more about the cutting-edge facilities that house our department of architecture design studios.
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Architecture Faculty Labs
Peruse our many faculty-led labs that advance research and push boundaries toward a more resilient, sustainable, and just world.
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PLATE Publication
Explore PLATE, a digital publication of architecture student work and essays edited by Professor of Architecture Andrea Simitch and Visiting Critic Dillon Pranger (M.Arch. '15).
