Open Space
Acres of car-free public parks, the Techwalk, the Plaza, river-to-river promenades, and skyline views — our open space creates new horizons, literally and figuratively.
Buildings
Learn at the Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Center
A homebase for students, faculty, and staff, with modern classrooms, open work spaces, and The Café.
Collaborate at the Tata Innovation Center
A hub for researchers, startups, established companies, and top-tier academic partnerships.
Convene at the Verizon Executive Education Center
A gathering place for organizations to shape the future of technology.
Feeney Way
Feeney Way at Cornell Tech honors and celebrates Charles F. “Chuck” Feeney, Cornell Class of 1956
Live at The House
Fully-furnished, high-end housing for students and faculty — just steps from the classroom.
Stay at Graduate Roosevelt Island Hotel
Our on-campus boutique hotel with a restaurant, rooftop bar, meeting space, and skyline views.
Eat at The Café
An airy, modern eatery in the Bloomberg Center with an ever-changing menu.
Renewable Space
The resilient design of our open space includes roof rainwater harvesting for gray water building use and lawn irrigation, bio-filtration gardens for on-site stormwater retention, and a ground source heat field that provides heating and cooling to the Bloomberg Center.
Accessible Space
Diversity and inclusiveness are core values at Cornell Tech. We strive to provide an accessible, usable, and welcoming environment for faculty, staff, students, and visitors with disabilities.
Artful Space
Our spaces are enriched by a substantial collection of commissioned art and historic pieces. Our art collection reflects our belief that truly impactful tech requires artful thinking.
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Cornell Tech isn’t just one of the world’s leading research institutions — it’s a pioneering model for using tech to solve real-world problems, and an economic game-changer that will drive smart, powerful, and equitable growth in New York City for generations.
Our Origin Story
In December 2010, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the City of New York issued a competition to top institutions from around the world to propose a new or expanded applied sciences and engineering campus in New York City. Find out why the proposal for Cornell Tech won.
High-Tech, High Design
The Cornell Tech campus was designed by a team of some of the most renowned pioneers in modern architecture. The firms that created Cornell Tech are the same that designed the Burj Khalifa (the world’s tallest building), the National September 11 Memorial, Times Square, the High Line, the Shanghai Grand Opera House, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Hall at Cornell University, to name a few.
Architects
Cornell Tech Master Plan
Designer: Colin Koop, Associate Director, Skidmore Owings & Merrill
Emma and Georgina Bloomberg Center
Designer: Thom Mayne, Design Director, Morphosis
Tata Innovation Center
Designer: Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, Co-Founders, Weiss/Manfredi Architecture
Verizon Executive Education Center
Designer: Snøhetta
The House at Cornell Tech
Designer: Gary E. Handel, President, and Blake Middleton, Partner, Handel Architects
Graduate Roosevelt Island Hotel
Designer: Snøhetta
Open Space
Designer: James Corner, Principal, Field Operations
Design Awards
2020
Award of Merit
American Society of Landscape Architects – New York Chapter
Institute Honor Award for Regional & Urban Design
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
2019
Empire Award
American Council of Engineering Companies of New York
Award of Excellence in Development: Finalist
Urban Land Institute New York Chapter (ULI NY)
Global Award for Excellence
Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Design Award of Honor
Society of American Registered Architects
ABB LEAF Awards – Shortlist for Best Urban Design Project
ABB Ltd
2018
A+ Finalist – Architecture +Collaboration
Architizer
Honorable Mention: Functional Façade
ARCHITECT Magazine R+D Awards