Architecture Summer Programs - Courses

Study architecture this summer with top Cornell AAP faculty

Cornell's College of Architecture, Art, and Planning (AAP) offers you various options for summer study:

1. The Introduction to Architecture Summer Program

This intensive program, for undergraduates considering a master's degree in architecture, will introduce you to architectural ideas, principles, and methods of exploring architectural problems in a studio setting.

In small groups, you'll work in the studio, attend lectures, and develop skills in workshops on representational techniques and portfolio design.

The program, which comprises courses ARCH 1110 and ARCH 1300, requires no specialized knowledge beyond a serious interest in architectural design.

In 2023, this program, will be offered online for precollege students.

College students may enroll in either the online or the in-person, on-campus version of ARCH 1110. The ARCH 1300 course, however, will be online only.

2. Design studios at the first- through fifth-year level

These highly structured on-campus, in-person design studios offer you an opportunity for a concentrated period of design work.

Program highlights

Study architectural concepts of space, form, function, environment, and technology.
Learn the fundamentals of architecture or participate in design studios in Milstein Hall, designed by Rem Koolhaas and OMA.
Develop architectural drawing and pragmatic drafting skills.
Participate in regular studio critiques by teaching associates and formal reviews by invited faculty and guest critics.
Build a portfolio and participate in a show of student work.

Faculty

During Cornell’s summer sessions, you’ll enjoy the same great education that’s offered during our fall and spring semesters. Our special sessions, unlike those at many other universities, feature regular, full-time faculty members and provide an unparalleled opportunity to get to know these outstanding professors, many of whom are leaders in their fields.

Architecture Summer Programs Taught by faculty from Cornell's world-renowned College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

Study architecture this summer with top Cornell AAP faculty

1. The Introduction to Architecture Summer Program

2. Design studios at the first- through fifth-year level

Program highlights

Faculty