Born in poverty in a remote village in Finland, she found a way out through education, earning a place at an Ivy League university and eventually becoming a professor of critical theory and gender and sexuality studies at the University of Toronto
The City College of New York (CCNY) is set to open the Sorkin Reading Room, dedicated to the late Michael Sorkin. The esteemed critic, and architect, who was also a Distinguished Professor of Architecture in the institute’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, passed away in March.
The Architectural League of New York and Urban Design Forum have announced their inaugural cohort of New City Critics fellows. The program provides a slate of opportunities to a diverse body of writers in the hopes of empowering new voices critical to the dialogue surrounding the future.