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Architecture criticism is the critique of architecture. Everyday criticism relates to published or broadcast critiques of
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s, whether completed or not, both in terms of news and other criteria. In many cases, criticism amounts to an assessment of the architect's success in meeting his or her own aims and objectives and those of others. The assessment may consider the subject from the perspective of some wider context, which may involve planning, social or aesthetic issues. It may also take a polemical position reflecting the critic's own values. At the most accessible extreme, architectural criticism is a branch of lifestyle journalism, especially in the case of high-end residential projects.


Media coverage

Most major national
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s in developed countries cover the
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in some form. Architectural criticism may be included as a part of their arts coverage, in a
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section or a ''Home & Style'' supplement. In the US, reviews are published in specialist magazines ranging from the popular (e.g. '' Architectural Digest'', ''
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'') to specialist magazines for design professionals (e.g. ''
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''). As with other forms of criticism, technical language is used to a varying extent to convey impressions and views precisely. The rapidly changing media environment means that much criticism is now published in online journals and publications, and critics write for a range of publications rather than being employed full-time by newspapers.
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wrote extensively on architecture in the nineteen thirties, forties and fifties at ''
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''. Ada Louise Huxtable was the first full-time architecture critic working for an American daily newspaper when ''
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'' gave her the role in 1963. John Betjeman, a co-founder of the
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, wrote and broadcast from the 1950s to 1970s, principally covering historical rather than new buildings, but contributing to a trend for criticism to expand into radio and then television.
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, is outspoken in his criticism of modern architecture, memorably describing a proposed extension to the National Gallery in London as a " monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved friend". In 2017, the New Architecture Writers program was established in London to address the underrepresentation of black and minority ethnic writers in architecture and design criticism and curation. The free program was initiated by Phineas Harper and Tom WiIkinson and aims to develop the journalistic skill, editorial connections and critical voice of its participants. It is supported by the ''Architectural Review'', The Architecture Foundation, the
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and the ''
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''. Inaugural participants were Josh Fenton, Shukri Sultan, Thomas Aquilina, Aoi Phillips, Nile Bridgeman, Samson Famusan, Siufan Adey, Tara Okeke, and Marwa El Mubark.


Changing contexts

The rapidly changing media landscape has impacted on architectural criticism and shifted both modes of criticism and the media in which it is published. Recent books that explore these issues include ''Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities'' by Alexandra Lange and ''Semi-detached: Writing, representation and criticism in architecture'', edited by Naomi Stead (2012). A number of essays also reflect on the contemporary state of architectural criticism, the changing media and contexts of production, and the futures of criticism. These include: * Thomas Fisher, “The Death and Life of Great Architecture Criticism,” ''Places Journal'', December 2011 * Eva Hagberg Fisher, “Criticism in Crisis,” ''Architect'' magazine, December 2018 * Blair Kamin, “Architecture Criticism: Dead or Alive?” Nieman Reports, July 2015 *Alexandra Lange, “How to Be an Architecture Critic,” ''Places'' ''Journal'', March 2012 * Nancy Levinson, “Critical Beats,” ''Places Journal'', March 2010 * Nancy Levinson, “Print and Pixel,” ''Places'' ''Journal'', October 2013. * Michael Sorkin, “Critical Mass: Why Architectural Criticism Matters,” ''The Architectural Review'', May 2014 * Naomi Stead, "A New Belle-Lettrism and the Future of Criticism," ''Places Journal'', June 2012.


Criteria

The critic's task is to assess how successful the architect and others involved with the project have been in meeting both the criteria the project set out to meet and those that the critic himself feels to be important. Specific criteria include: *
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* Choice and use of
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or context * Sustainability


Architectural journalists and critics

Some large newspapers have permanent architecture critics, however many critics now write for multiple publications and many new online venues are emerging. Contemporary critics writing for major
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, journals and online publications include:


Canada

* Alex Bozikovic, staff columnist and architecture critic, The Globe and Mail (Toronto)


Spain

* Ariadna Cantis, El País


United States

* Marianela D’Aprile, bylines in '' Common Edge, Jacobin magazine, Surface Magazine, Metropolis, Cultured, The Architect's Newspaper'' * Allison Arieff of SPUR and formerly Dwell * Diana Budds, bylines in publications including Curbed, Vox, CoDesign * Robert Campbell, architecture critic for ''
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'' *
Justin Davidson Justin Davidson (born in Rome, Italy, in 1966) is a classical music and architecture critic. In 1983, he graduated from the American Overseas School of Rome, where his mother was an English teacher. Davidson began his journalism career as a loc ...
of ''
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'' * Martin Filler of ''
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'' * Eva Hagberg Fisher, bylines in ''The New York Times'', ''Tin House'', ''Wallpaper*'', ''
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'', and '' Dwell''. *
Paul Goldberger Paul Goldberger (born in 1950) is an American author, architecture critic and lecturer. He is known for his "Sky Line" column in ''The New Yorker''. Biography Shortly after starting as a reporter at ''The New York Times'' in 1972, he was assign ...
of '' Vanity Fair'' (formerly of ''
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'') * Christopher Hawthorne, former architecture critic of the ''
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'' (2004–2018) and '' Slate'' * Cathy Lang Ho, contributing editor Architect magazine, founding editor-in-chief of ''The Architect’s Newspaper'', with bylines in many other publications. * Karrie Jacobs, contributing editor
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and founding editor of ''Dwell'', with bylines in many other publications, including ''
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'', '' ID'', and '' Fortune''.
Sean Joyner
Archinect. * Amanda Kolson Hurley, senior editor of CityLab with bylines in many other publications, including ''
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, The American Scholar,
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''. * Blair Kamin of the ''
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'' * Nancy Keates of the "
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" * Kelsey Keith, editor-in-chief Curbed * Philip Kennicott, art and architecture critic of ''
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Michael Kimmelman Michael Kimmelman (born May 8, 1958) is the architecture critic for ''The New York Times'' and has written about public housing, public space, landscape architecture, community development and equity, infrastructure and urban design. He has repor ...
of ''The New York Times'' * John King, architecture critic for
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* Nicholas Korody, Archinect, editor-in-chief, ''Ed'' * Mark Lamster, Dallas Morning News, formerly of Places * Alexandra Lange, architecture critic at Curbed with bylines in many other publications * Wanda Lau, editor at
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* Nancy Levinson, editor of ''
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'' * Cathleen McGuigan, editor-in-chief ''Architectural Record'' * Shannon Mattern, columnist at Places * Carolina Miranda, architecture critic for ''
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Christian Narkiewicz-Laine Christian Narkiewicz-Laine (born June 3, 1952) is an American architecture critic, journalist and curator. He is the founding president of the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design. Early life and education Christian K. Laine was bo ...
(formerly of ''
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Nicolai Ouroussoff Nicolai Ouroussoff (russian: Николай Владимирович Урусов; born October 3, 1962) is a writer and educator who was an architecture critic for the ''Los Angeles Times'' and ''The New York Times''. Biography Born in Cambridg ...
formerly of ''The New York Times'' * Anne Quito, design reporter for ''Quartz'' (publication) * Anjulie Rao, editor of '' Chicago Architect'', bylines in American Craft Magazine,
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Inga Saffron Inga Saffron (born November 9, 1957) is an American journalist and architecture critic. She won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism while writing for ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. Biography Saffron was raised in Levittown, New York and attend ...
, architecture critic, ''
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'' since 1999 * Mary Louise Schumacher, former art and architecture critic, '' Milwaukee Journal Sentinel'' (2000–2019) *Matt Shaw, former executive editor, ''
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'', bylines in ''
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'', and many others. * Michael Sorkin * Susan Szenasy,
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*Kate Wagner,
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, with bylines in many other publications * Alissa Walker, urbanism editor, Curbed * Mimi Zeiger, opinion columnist Dezeen, contributing editor
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, and bylines in many other publications, including ''
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'', Domus, The Architectural Review, and The Architects Newspaper.


United Kingdom

* Shumi Bose, The Architectural Review and other publications * Gillian Darley, Building Design (now) BDonline),
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, London Review of Books and many other titles, formerly
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*
Jonathan Glancey Jonathan Glancey, is an architectural critic and writer who was the architecture and design editor at ''The Guardian'', a position he held from 1997 to February 2012. He previously held the same post at ''The Independent''. He also has been invo ...
, ''
The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'' * Edwin Heathcote, ''
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'' * Priya Khanchandani, editor, Icon magazine * Manon Mollard, editor, ''The Architectural Review'' *
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, ''
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'' * Christine Murray, editor of ''The Developer'', former editor in chief of ''Architects Journal'' and ''The Architectural Review'', writing include ''The Guardian'', ''Dezeen'' * Hugh Pearman, editor of ''
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'', former architecture and design critic for ''
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'' (1986–2016), bylines in many publications including ''The Guardian'', ''The Observer'', ''
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'', ''
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'', ''Art Quarterly'', ''Royal Academy Magazine'', ''Crafts'', ''Architectural Record'', the ''Architectural Review'', and '' World of Interiors'' * Catherine Slessor, Dezeen, Architects Journal, former editor and managing editor of The Architectural Review * Oliver Wainwright, ''
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Australia

* Judith Abell, bylines include ''
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'', ''Landscape Architecture Australia'', '' Artlink'' and others, Arts Features editor for ''Island Magazine'' *
Justine Clark Justine Clark is an architectural editor, writer, speaker and researcher, based in Melbourne, Australia. She is the editor of ''Parlour'', a former editor of ''Architecture Australia'', and co-author of ''Looking for the Local: Architecture and t ...
, editor of ''
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'' from 2003 to 2011 and the recipient of the Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media in 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2015, former architecture critic for ''
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'', contributor to publications including '' Architecture New Zealand'', '' MAS Context'', and others. * Laura Harding, ''
Architecture Australia ''Architecture Australia'' is a national magazine covering the practice and works of architects and architecture in Australia. It is published bi-monthly by Architecture Media, and is the journal of the Australian Institute of Architects. Histor ...
'', ''The Guardian'', ''
The Saturday Paper ''The Saturday Paper'' is an Australian weekly newspaper, launched on 1 March 2014 in hard copy, as an online newspaper and in mobile news format. The paper is circulated throughout Australian capital cities and major regional centres. Since ...
'' * Rory Hyde (also UK), bylines include ''
Architecture Australia ''Architecture Australia'' is a national magazine covering the practice and works of architects and architecture in Australia. It is published bi-monthly by Architecture Media, and is the journal of the Australian Institute of Architects. Histor ...
'', ''The Guardian'', ''
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'' among others *Helen Norrie, bylines include ''
Architecture Australia ''Architecture Australia'' is a national magazine covering the practice and works of architects and architecture in Australia. It is published bi-monthly by Architecture Media, and is the journal of the Australian Institute of Architects. Histor ...
'', ''Australian Design Review''. *Timothy Moore, editor ''Future West (Australian Urbanism)'' (2016-2019), former editor ''Architecture Australia'' (2011-2012) and managing editor ''Volume'' (2010–11) * David Neustein, architecture critic, ''
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'' * Naomi Stead columnist at ''Places'' (US), architecture critic for
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, architecture columnist for
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, bylines in
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*


Specialist periodicals


See also

* Architecture critics * Architecture writers * International Committee of Architectural Critics * :American architecture writers * Australian architecture writers * British architecture writers


References

* Goldberger, Paul (2003-11-12)
"Architecture Criticism: Does It Matter"
Paul Goldberger. Retrieved 2008-07-10.


External links



**Hugh Pearman, architecture critic of
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, analyses architectural critics' responses (including his own) to postmodernism and unfashionability. * **This article, whilst not an example of architectural criticism, describes the importance of architectural students developing a strong vocabulary with which to describe buildings.
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'' July 8, 2008. **In this article Jonathan Glancey gives advice to young, ambitious, would-be architecture critics. {{Authority control Criticism