Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
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The College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) is the school of architecture at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. It offers 20 undergraduate and graduate degrees in five departments: architecture, art, urban planning, real estate, and design technology.[2] Aside from its main campus in Ithaca, AAP offers programs in Rome, Italy and in New York City, New York.[3]
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Type | Private |
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Established | 1871 |
Founder | Olaf M Brauner |
Dean | J. Meejin Yoon |
Academic staff | 56[1] |
Undergraduates | 496 |
Postgraduates | 257 |
Location | , , U.S. 42.4510911°N 76.48421459999997°W / 42.4510911; -76.48421459999997 |
Website | aap |
AAP is the only department in the Ivy League to offer a Bachelor of Architecture degree. It has one of the largest endowments of any architecture program, including a $20 million endowment by Cayuga County resident Ruth Price Thomas in 2002.[4] The Master of Regional Planning (M.R.P.) professional degree program at AAP has been consistently ranked in the top 10 in the nation, according to Planetizen's Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs.[5]
Among the college's notable alumni are architects Richard Meier (B.Arch. '56), designer of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, and Peter Eisenman (B.Arch. '55), founder of the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York City; artists Charles Ginnever (M.F.A. '59), Louise Lawler (B.F.A. '69), Susan Rothenberg (B.F.A. '67) and James Siena (B.F.A. '79); architect and planner Edmund Bacon (B.Arch. '32), and planners Paul Farmer (M.R.P. '71), Norman Krumholz (M.R.P. '65), and Robert Mier (M.R.P. '73, Ph.D. '75).