Announcements
Eye on Evanston: Thoughts on Design | Evanston Architect Stuart Cohen
The Evanston Roundtable notes that Chicago architect, author, and educator Stuart Cohen (B.Arch. '66, M.Arch. '67) received the American Institute of Architects' prestigious 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award on October 15.
Studio Archive Project: Use Your Words
Associate Professor of art Carl Ostendarp's work is part of an online group exhibition curated by JJ Manford (B.F.A. '06). Includes art alumni Erik den Breejen (M.F.A. '06), Amie Cunat (M.F.A. '12), and former department chair Buzz Spector.
Dezeen Awards 2021: Best Architecture Studio
SO-IL, the firm of Professor of the Practice in Architecture Florian Idenburg, won the public vote architecture studio of the year category in Dezeen’s annual awards.
Harman Singh Dhodi (M.R.P '21) Wins National Planning Competition
Recent planning graduate Dhodi won the Global Planning Educators Interest Group (GPEIG) Case Study Prize for his exit project Intra-Urban Split in Sanitation Provision: The Untended Plight of Urban villages in Delhi, India.
Zumtobel Group Award 2021: Shortlist Selected from 220 Entries
RhinoCircular, a sustainability software tool from Cornell's Circular Construction Lab, led by architecture faculty Assistant Professor Felix Heisel, was tapped for the Special Prize for Innovation.
YVAC2021: Streetscape and Landscape Award
Standout Archie announced Gracie Meek's (B.Arch. '22) project from Assistant Professor Tao DuFour's Fall 2020 New Orleans option studio was honored with first runner-up in the 2021 Young Visionary Architects Competition.
M.R.P. Alum Karina Ricks Joins U.S.D.O.T. Federal Transit Administration
Appointed Associate Administrator for Research, Demonstration and Innovation in September, Karina Ricks (M.R.P. '98) will oversee a range of activities including mobility innovation, safety and testing, and bringing research into practice.
Urban Justice Lab: "Seeing to Be in the Aftermath" Call for Applications
The Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities encourages students to apply for this innovative seminar for graduate students in the humanities and design disciplines.
Cornell Journal of Architecture: "Missing," Volume 13 Call for Submissions
The theme of the next Cornell Journal of Architecture is "Missing." CJOA invites those interested in contributing to submit a brief topic statement by November 8, 2021.
Grad Students Receive Northeast SARE Grants for Sustainable Ag Research
New York Ag Connection reports that regional science Ph.D. candidate Shriya Rangarajan was awarded a $15k grant from Northeast SARE to conduct sustainable agriculture research. Rangarajan's advisor is Kieran Donaghy, professor emeritus.
Artnet features Aiza Ahmed (B.F.A. '20) in a group show that challenges the patriarchal structures in modern society: Judith Has Arrived: Aiza Ahmed, Sanie Bokhari, Maya Varadaraj at Aicon Contemporary, on view through October.
Announcing the 2021 MASterworks Awards
Professor of the Practice in architecture Florian Idenburg and his practice SO-IL have won MASNYC's Best New Building: Recognizing Outstanding Architectural Design award for Amant, an art "campus" in Brooklyn, New York.
Anna Warfield: All Things Being Blue
A solo exhibition in two parts hosted by the Schweinfurth Art Center and the Cayuga Museum in Auburn, New York, featured recent soft sculptural works by art alumna Anna Warfield (B.F.A./B.S. '18).
the other option is to slow down
A limited-edition artist book by Amanda Williams (B.Arch. '97), copublished by SCMA and Candor Arts, documents Williams's 2019 artist residency at Smith College. An exhibition of Williams's work opens in November at Smith College Museum of Art.
Architectural Record Celebrates the 2021 Women in Architecture Awards
Amanda Williams (B.Arch. '97) is honored as the New Generation Leader in Architectural Record's 2021 Women in Architecture Design Leadership awards. The architect/artist's installation work often probes the impact of race on the urban realm.
Cuban Modernism: Mid-Century Architecture 1940–1970
Fifth-year architecture student Taimaisú Ferrer Sin (B.Arch. '22) contributed to the new book — the first comprehensive survey of Cuban mid-century architecture, edited by Victor Deupi and Jean-François Lejeune.
Amie Cunat: Petal Signals, September 8–October 23
Dinner Gallery in New York City presents an exhibition of eight new paintings by fine art alumna Amie Cunat (M.F.A. '12). Both horrific and comedic, earthly and transcendent, Cunat’s new paintings present biomorphic forms, familiar yet foreign.
2021 BHE Foundation CARES Scholarships Awarded to Dridi, Cannon, Stewart, D'Auria, and Loyot
Out to Innovate CARES Scholarship recipient Jada Cannon (M.Arch. '24) is committed to ensuring LGBTQ+ and other marginalized groups feel seen in architectural design.
Graham Foundation Supports JAE Fellows 2022–23
JAE's Graham Foundation grant supports Black, Native/Indigenous, and other people of color in architectural discourse. 2022–23 JAE Fellows include Assistant Professor Jennifer Newsom, Joyce Hwang (B.Arch. '97), and Thena Tak (B.Arch. '09).
In Memoriam: Branden Hookway (1971–2021)
Branden Hookway, a long-term visiting assistant professor in the Department of Architecture, among other departments at Cornell passed Saturday, August 14, after a long battle with cancer.
