Paul Goldberger | |
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| Born | (1950-12-04)December 4, 1950 (age 74) Passaic, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Architectural critic Journalist |
| Title | former Dean ofParsons School of Design |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Criticism (1984)[1] Vincent Scully Prize (2012) |
Paul Goldberger (born December 4, 1950)[2] is an American author, architecture critic and lecturer, widely known as contributing editor atVanity Fair,[3] architectural critic forThe New York Times, and columnist of "Sky Line" forThe New Yorker.[4]
In 1984, while atThe New York Times, Goldberger received thePulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism, the highest award in journalism.[1]
Paul Jesse Goldberger was born on December 4, 1950 inPassaic, New Jersey, the son of Morris Goldberger (1924-2006), an English teacher, and Edna Goldberger (née Kronman, 1924-2009)[5][6] along with a brother Joseph and sister Miriam.[7]
He graduated in 1972 from theUniversity of Cape Town, where he studiedarchitectural history, and has an honorary doctoral degree, the New York School Interior Design; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), University Miami, 2004, and a Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary),Kenyon College, 2005.
A resident of theMidtown East in Manhattan, Goldberger is widowed bySusan L. Solomon (1951-2022)[8] with whom he had three sons, David Solomon Goldberger, Adam Hirsh Goldberger and Benjamin James Solomon Goldberger.[citation needed] He's lived in numerous notable buildings in New York City, includingThe Dakota;The San Remo;The Beresford byEmery Roth and 870 United Nations Plaza byHarrison & Abramovitz.[9]
Shortly after starting as a reporter atThe New York Times in 1972, Goldberger was assigned to write the obituary of notedarchitectLouis Kahn, who had died suddenly of a heart attack inPenn Station. In 1973, he was named an architecture critic, working alongsideAda Louise Huxtable until 1982.
In 1984, Goldberger won thePulitzer Prize for his architecture criticism in theTimes, and in 1996, New York City mayorRudolph Giuliani presented Goldberger with the city's Preservation Achievement Award in recognition of the impact of his work on historic preservation.
Goldberger is also the author of the bookUp from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York andThe City Observed, New York, a Guide to the Architecture of Manhattan.
In a May 2005New Yorker column, he suggested that the best solution for rebuilding atGround Zero would focus on residential use mixed with cultural and memorial elements.
From July 2004 until June 2006, Goldberger served as the Dean ofParsons The New School for Design, an art and design college ofThe New School. He currently remains theJoseph Urban Professor of Design at the institution.[10]
