The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/architecture/)
The American Academy of Arts and Letters has awarded three Cornell alumni with architecture, fiction and music awards for 2019. With the intention of sustaining literature, music and fine arts, the academy honors over 70 people who have dedicated their life craft to sustaining those very components.
The first College of Architecture Day — as it was originally called — was held on St. Patrick’s Day in 1901.
After 122 years, the College of Architecture, Art and Planning’s first female dean assumed her position on New Year’s Day. Dean J. Meejin Yoon ’94 is expected to serve a five-year term.
“I decided that what I really wanted to do was go home and make a difference,” she said.
According to Todd Petrie ’19, cutting all of the joints in the estimated 65 to 70 logs took over two weeks, even with a morning and night crew working every day.
The theme for this year’s Dragon Day parade is “transparency.”
Director Tomas Koolhaas traveled around the world and followed his father to the buildings he designed to film his documentary Rem.
Oculi, a structure designed by four Cornell professors, will be on display at the City of Dreams Pavilion in New York City this summer.
Once an architecture student at Cornell, William Lim has since had a transformative effect on the artistic landscape. His style is concise yet evocative, and his works represent a compelling intersection between art and architecture — a sublime pursuit of elegance removed from the exclusive preserve of the museum. In addition to his role as a prolific creator he has maintained an impressive art collection, exercising a particular emphasis on representing the artists of his native Hong Kong. Located in the John Hartell Gallery in the Sibley Dome until March 15, William Lim: The Architect and His Collection exhibits a stunning selection from the artist’s collection and from his own works. One of the particularly moving pieces of the exhibition is Pastoral Music by Samson Young.
Once the project was completed, Alt and Moss were pleasantly surprised by how much the landscape and its restorative properties contributed to the success of the buildings.