WORKac Suspends a Lecture Hall from a Landmarked Dome at Cornell

WORKac revitalized Cornell’s historic Sibley Dome by suspending a 114-seat lecture hall within it, combining innovative structural engineering, cold-formed framing, acoustic treatments, preservation, and expressive curved architectural forms.

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A bold new lecture hall takes shape within the curves of Cornell’s historic Sibley Dome.

By Suzanne Stephens for Architectural Record

How do you add a modern lecture hall inside a historic dome without compromising what makes it special? At Cornell University, WORKac’s answer was to suspend it. The new 114-seat lecture hall hangs within Sibley Dome, combining inventive structural engineering, curved framing, acoustics, and historic preservation. The result transforms a challenging existing space into something entirely new—while allowing the landmark dome and its original character to remain central to the experience.

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Curved freeform architectural metal wall framing made cold-formed light gauge metal framing and glass panels.
Shaded 3D model of metal framing over steel structure used for architectural and structural building coordination

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