As architecture graduates nationwide struggle with low employment rates, the University’s Department of Architecture has taken steps to ensure that its alumni are armed with a diverse skill set for an increasingly challenging job market. 

Peter Eisenman '54 discusses his theoretical approach to architecture, invoking Freud and the unconsciousness.

The Sun sits down with Jack Becker and Andy Linn, two fifth-year architects working on a building project in Mumbai.

Following months of discussions between Ithaca and the University and two sets of temporary fencing on the bridges near campus, the University announced Wednesday the architect who will design permanent suicide barriers for bridges on and near campus.

Deeming the box "the final form of architecture," iconic architect Rem Koolhaas spoke at Cornell last Wednesday about his design philosophy and plans for Cornell.

For a long time, architecture wooed me with tales of utopia and romance; I believed that skyscrapers, steel girders and curtain walls would herald positive change in the world. The legacies of the most famous architects include visions of perfection – Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City, Le Corbusier’s Plan Voisin Pour Paris. But the reality of modern architecture is a far cry from these visions. Recently, the industry’s most famous superstars – Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Zaha Hadid and others – have been called out as enablers of slavery.

Cornell architects can finally rest easy. Pending the final approval of a building permit request, the University will at long last be able to construct Milstein Hall. This news is long overdue.

The proposed $40-million building, which will house the University’s architecture program, has been forced to cut through years worth of red tape on its path to approval — first from Cornell and later from the City of Ithaca. The process has been frustrating and complex but, when all is said and done, Cornell will likely be able to give its top-ranked architecture program the building it deserves.