Paul Goldberger (born in 1950) is an American author, architecture critic and lecturer. He is known for his "Sky Line" column in ''

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''.

Biography

Shortly after starting as a reporter at ''

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'' in 1972, he was assigned to write the obituary of

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, who had died suddenly of a heart attack in a bathroom in

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's Pennsylvania Station. The next year, he was named an architecture critic, working alongside

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until 1982. In 1984, Goldberger won the

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for his architecture criticism in ''The Times.'' In 1996, New York City mayor

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presented him with the city's Preservation Achievement Award in recognition of the impact of his work on historic preservation. From July 2004 until June 2006, he served as the Dean of

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, the art and design college of

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. He remains the Joseph Urban Professor of Design at the institution. He is the author of the book ''Up from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York'' and ''The City Observed, New York, a Guide to the Architecture of Manhattan''. Also, in a May 2005 ''New Yorker'' column, he suggested that the best solution for rebuilding at

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would focus on residential use mixed with cultural and memorial elements. A resident of the

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of Manhattan, Goldberger is married to Susan Solomon and has three sons, Adam, Ben and Alex. He is a 1972 graduate of

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, where he studied

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under

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Works

Books

* ''Up from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York''. * ''The City Observed, New York, a Guide to the Architecture of Manhattan''. * ''Why Architecture Matters'' (2009).

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, . * ''Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age of Architecture'' (2009). The Monacelli Press, . * ''Building Art: The Life and Work of Frank Gehry'' (2015). Knopf * ''Ballpark: Baseball in the American City'' (2019). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, ISBN 0-307-70154-9

Articles

* Reports on a joint lecture by Harold Varmus and his son Jacob Varmus.

References

External links

Goldberger's personal website bio
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