Paul Goldberger
Architecture Critic and Author
Paul Goldberger, cited by The Huffington Post as “the leading figure in architecture criticism,” is a Contributing Editor at Vanity Fair. From 1997 through 2011 he served as the Architecture Critic for The New Yorker. He is the author of numerous books, including BALLPARK: Baseball in the American City; Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry; Why Architecture Matters; and DUMBO: The Making of a Neighborhood. He also holds the Joseph Urban Chair in Design and Architecture at The New School in New York City and was formerly Dean of the Parsons School of Design at The New School. He began his career at The New York Times, where, in 1984, his architecture criticism was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism, the highest award in journalism. In 2012 he received the Vincent Scully Prize from the National Building Museum. In 2017, he received the Award in Architecture of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He served as an advisor on architect selection and project design for non-profit institutions including the Obama Presidential Center, The New York Public Library, the Morgan Library, Harvard University, Lincoln Center, and the Glenstone Museum; for public agencies such as the Empire State Development Corporation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, where he served as an advisor on design matters connected to the redevelopment of LaGuardia Airport.
