A Family Heirloom Helps Architecture Professor Chris Cornelius Imagine a New Future for His Field

When I became an adult, my mother passed these gloves onto me. I always knew they were special because of the way she cherished them. They belonged to my great-grandfather, who had a small farm, and these were his working gloves. You don’t see these kinds of things in a museum. They’re not merely decorative or ornamental—they’re actually used. I can imagine my great-grandfather’s hands in them.