Renowned architect, urbanist and writer, Michael Sorkin has passed away on the 26th of March, in Manhattan due to complications resulting from COVID-19. Principal and founder of Michael Sorkin Studios and president of the non-profit research group Terreform, Sorkin was famous for his writings for the Village Voice, the Nation, and many other publications.
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Michael Sorkin, American Architect and Critic, Dies at 71 of Coronavirus
https://www.archdaily.com/936419/michael-sorkin-american-architect-and-critic-dies-at-71-of-coronavirusChristele Harrouk
The Culture of Landmarks Preservation
Ada Louise Huxtable was a renowned architecture critic who started at The New York Times in 1963. Her probing articles championed the preservation of buildings regarded as examples of historic design still imperative to the life of the city. Her arguments were leveraged by research and an in-depth understanding of architecture as an ever-relevant art form ("the art we cannot afford to ignore"). Alexandra Lange of The Nation points to the connection between Ada Louise Huxtable's writing and its influence on the culture of preservation that eventually resulted in the establishment of the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1965.
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https://www.archdaily.com/366551/the-culture-of-landmarks-preservationIrina Vinnitskaya