Scale and Whimsy
Metropolis, February 15th, 2004
Michael Graves’s work for Target may be his most enduring legacy.
ESSAYS & ARTICLES
Walk Don’t Walk
Metropolis, January 15th, 2004
New York’s flashing — and literal — street signs have gone the way of the Automat.
Learning From Scully
Metropolis, August 15th, 2003
For decades, Yale’s voice of architecture wasn’t an architect.
Inverse Attention
Metropolis, July 1st, 2003
Why do the automakers doing the least interesting design talk about it the most?
Starcked Out
Metropolis, June 15th, 2003
The former enfant terrible is veering dangerously close to self-parody.
Flat Screen Illusion
Metropolis, May 15th, 2003
As TVs get thinner, the dance between 2 and 3 dimensions gets more intriguing.
Branded Architecture
Metropolis, April 15th, 2003
At auto shows, the exhibition design is often flashier than the cars themselves.
Put a Cork In It
Metropolis, November 15th, 1999
The perfect marriage of form to function.
Disconnected Urbanism
Metropolis, November 15th, 1999
The cell phone has changed our sense of place more than faxes, computers, and e-mail.
The Indomitable Work Space
Metropolis, November 15th, 1999
Experts said technology would render it a dinosaur, but the lowly cubicle lumbers on.
Miracle above Manhattan
National Geographic, April 2011
New Yorkers can float above busy streets in a miracle new park as described by architectural critic Paul Goldberger.
First Person
Metropolis, November 1st, 2006
Remembering Philip Johnson and the Glass House.
Uncommon Sense
The American Scholar, Autumn 2006
Remembering Jane Jacobs, the 20th century’s most influential city critic.
Jane-washing
Metropolis, July 1st, 2006
The danger of Jacobs’ legacy lies with developers who co-opt her ideas to justify their megaprojects.
The New Residential Vernacular
Metropolis, April 15th, 2006
For years New Yorkers were much more likely to work in glass towers than live in them. No more.
Farnsworth: The Lightness of Being
Preservation Magazine, July/August 2004
At one with its setting, Mies van der Rohe’s serene creation retains the spiritual simplicity of a Zen garden.
Subterranean Modern
Metropolis, June 15th, 2004
The stout and utilitarian subway bench may be one of the best pieces of design in New York’s public realm.
Urban Splendor
Metropolis, May 15th, 2004
The new Whole Foods store inside Time Warner Center offers New Yorkers something truly unique: space.
Mirror Image
Metropolis, April 15th, 2004
In the automotive world, brand identity seems to have taken a clear second place to plain, old-fashioned copying.
Wanted: New Cabs
Metropolis, March 15th, 2004
A look back at a classic MoMA show on taxi design reveals the sorry state of today’s fleet.
A Tribute to Robert Venturi: 1925-2018
Architectural Record, October 26th, 2018
Looking Back on the Work of John Portman
Architectural Record, January 9th, 2018
Paul Goldberger on IM Pei at 100
Interior Design, January 7th, 2018
Pei never set out to design pure objects that could be put down anywhere. He wanted to make beautiful objects, and he did, but he wanted even more to make buildings that would resonate with the rest of culture and connect architecture to the spirit of place…
Paul Goldberger Reflects on Vincent Scully’s Legacy
Architectural Record, December 1st, 2017
“A Shimmery Cube”
The Nation, October 11th, 2017
What is the science behind how we experience architecture?
Review of “Michael Graves: Design For Life”
Architectural Record, October 5th, 2017
Review of “Chaos and Culture: Renzo Piano Building Workshop and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens
Architectural Record, August 1st, 2017
Remembering Zaha Hadid
Architectural Record, May 1st, 2016
Books Every Architect Should Read
Designer & Books Blog, May 3rd, 2011