Paul Goldberger, who The Huffington Post has called “the leading figure in architecture criticism,”
served as the Architecture Critic for The New Yorker from 1997 through 2011, following a 25-year
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. 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; DUMBO: The Making of a Neighborhood and the Rebirth of Brooklyn; and Blue
Dream and the Legacy of Modernism in the Hamptons. He also holds the Joseph Urban Chair in Design
and Architecture at The New School in New York City.
In 2012 he received the Vincent Scully Prize from the National Building Museum in recognition of
the influence his writing has had on the public’s understanding of architecture. In 2017, he received
the Award in Architecture of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was named a Literary
Lion by The New York Public Library in 1993, and in 2023 The New York Landmarks Conservancy
designated him one of New York’s “Living Landmarks.”
He has served as an advisor on architect selection and project design for institutions including The
Obama Presidential Center, The New York Public Library, The Morgan Library, Harvard
University, Lincoln Center, and the Glenstone Museum; for the Empire State Development
Corporation and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and for corporate clients
including Google, Sothebys Inc., Tiffany, and the Howard Hughes Corporation.