CLASS NOTES

Vladimir Belogolovsky AR'96

Vladimir Belogolovsky AR'96 spoke about his new book China Dialogues, an anthology of insightful conversations selected from his archive of interviews conducted with leading Chinese architects during his extensive travels in China, at the Center for Architecture in May. For more information, click here.

Toshiko Mori AR'76

Toshiko Mori AR'76 delivered the Commencement address for Pratt Institute’s 133rd Commencement at Radio City Music Hall in May. For more information, click here.

William Lane AR'82

William Lane AR'82’s design firm renovated the iconic lifeguard towers in Miami Beach. For more information, click here.

Daniel Libeskind AR'70

The design concept has been revealed for Daniel Libeskind AR'70’s transformation of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the site of the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. For more information, click here and here.

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.