{"id":239,"date":"2012-03-09T16:26:01","date_gmt":"2012-03-09T21:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/howardandabbymilsteinfoundation.org\/?p=239"},"modified":"2023-11-20T10:40:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T15:40:44","slug":"paul-milstein-hall-celebration-draws-record-number-cornell-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howardandabbymilsteinfoundation.org\/2012\/03\/paul-milstein-hall-celebration-draws-record-number-cornell-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Milstein Hall Celebration Draws Record Number of Cornell Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Milstein Hall of Cornell University\u2019s College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) was the focus of a weekend celebration by alumni, faculty, and students in early March to mark the building\u2019s completion. The highlight of the weekend was a talk on March 9 by internationally renowned architect Rem Koolhaas, who designed <a href=\"https:\/\/oma.com\/projects\/milstein-hall-cornell-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Milstein Hall<\/a> with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oma.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office\u00a0for Metropolitan Architecture.<\/a> AAP Dean Kent Kleinman introduced Koolhaas and moderated a Q&amp;A for a capacity audience of nearly 300 in the Abby and Howard Milstein Auditorium and Boardroom.<\/p>\n<p>The building \u201cis both a remarkable accomplishment architecturally and a transformative pedagogical tool,\u201d Kleinman told the <em>Cornell Chronicle.<\/em> \u201cIt is by design that Milstein Hall functions as connective tissue uniting students and faculty across departments. &#8230; No contemporary architect, in my mind, other than Rem Koolhaas could have embodied in space and material our complex needs and our aspirational spirit. The transformation of the college is already profound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 500 AAP alumni (a record for a college gathering) were on hand for the weekend\u2019s events, which included an evening dance party on March 10 held in the Sibley Dome and the Milstein Dome, exhibitions by alumni, and a talk on the origins of the Savannah, Georgia, city plan by AAP emeritus professor John Reps and planning professor Michael Tomian.<\/p>\n<p>(Photograph by Lindsay France\/Cornell University)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Milstein Hall of Cornell University\u2019s College of Architecture, Art and Planning (AAP) was the focus of a weekend celebration by alumni, faculty, and students in early March to mark the building\u2019s completion. The highlight of the weekend was a talk on March 9 by internationally renowned architect Rem Koolhaas, who designed Milstein Hall with his Office of Metropolitan Architecture. 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