As the fall 2025 semester begins at the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP), faculty, students, and staff prepare again to support and engage in dynamic learning experiences, essential research and scholarship, and boundary-pushing creative work. An extension of these priorities, a number of special events, exhibitions, opportunities, and developments are planned or already underway across AAP's campuses in Ithaca, New York City, and Rome.

Building for the Future

The Gensler Family AAP NYC Center has relocated to its new permanent home in the Tata Innovation Center on Cornell Tech's Roosevelt Island campus in New York City. The building, designed by Architecture alum Michael Manfredi's (M.Arch. '80) firm Weiss/Manfredi, includes AAP NYC's new fourth-floor 15,000-square-foot facility. The college's space offers two studios with the capacity to host 120 students, three classrooms, a conference room, 11 offices, and a fully equipped 1,000-square-foot workshop. With this move, the center also welcomes the first cohort from the Master of Design Technology program into the space this fall.

Over the next twelve months, incoming short-term endowed and long-term faculty will bring a breadth of knowledge and excellence to classrooms, studios, and labs across the college. Appointments span early-career educators, visiting critics, and department faculty — including a cohort that will further cement the Department of Design Tech's footing as it enters its second year. Learn more about them and the expertise they bring to our community.

In Ithaca, the completion of the Sibley Dome renovation is on track, with an anticipated completion date of early 2026. When reopened, the dome will house new and renewed spaces that enrich and advance AAP's academic priorities, including a 110-seat circular auditorium, studios and workspaces, study nooks and meeting areas, and centrally located homes for the Cornell Mui Ho Center for Cities and the multicollege Department of Design Tech.

Ongoing support of the Sibley Hall revitalization and the affordability of a Cornell education for AAP students remains a top priority for the Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. Learn more...

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