Built on curiosity: architecture and the public realm

Rubacha Featured Speakers Susan Rodriguez ('81, B.Arch. '82) and Michael Manfredi (M.Arch. '80) will deliver lectures on Thursday, October 23, at 5:30 p.m. in the Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium on Cornell's Ithaca campus. In advance of their talks, Rodriguez and Manfredi share insights drawn from their professional trajectories.

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Midwest art installation pushes boundaries of urban space

For Exhibit Columbus - a prominent stage for emerging designers - Michael Jefferson and Suzanne Lettieri used chromakeyed colors to create an "urban cinema screen" at a downtown plaza.

Teens’ portraits celebrate Toni Morrison as community-builder

High schoolers from Ithaca and Brooklyn produced the artworks depicting Morrison and a local student, a collaboration that promises to introduce Morrison's work to new generations of New Yorkers.

Largest-ever Cornell delegation to attend Climate Week NYC

Cornell will send its largest-ever delegation to Climate Week NYC 2025, to present on issues including the renewable energy transition, protecting public health from heat waves and addressing the impact of climate change on housing.

The secret history of NYC’s most iconic landscapes

In his new book, Cornell professor and historian Thomas J. Campanella shines a light on a pair of alumni from a century ago who helped create some of New York City’s most recognizable sights but have been largely overlooked.

How communities can bridge the digital divide

A new book highlights innovative state and local approaches to eliminating "digital deserts," which persist despite billions in federal subsides promoting universal access.

Rooms with a ‘view score’: Software aids building designers

Viewscore.io can simulate and score occupants' satisfaction with window views, helping designers optimize buildings' facades, floor plans and energy efficiency.

En route to Brazil, AquaPraça floats new responses to rising seas in Venice

An international coalition of architects, including AAP Dean J. Meejin Yoon and alumnus Eric Höweler, governmental agencies, NGOs, and other partners unveiled AquaPraça, a submersible public plaza designed to advance civic discourse on climate change, at La Biennale di Venezia before the project departs for COP30 in Brazil.

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New faculty José Sánchez wants you to play with architecture — literally

José Sánchez doesn’t just design buildings. He designs games that teach people how to build a better world.

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