ArchitectsMichael Sorkin

Write: Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture after Images

Friday, April 19, 2013 Wood Auditorium Elizabeth Diller, Diller Scofidio + Renfro Edward Dimendberg, UC Irvine Giuliana Bruno, Harvard University Alexandra Lange, writer Reinhold Martin, Columbia University GSAPP Michael Sorkin, CCNY...

Michael Sorkin: Pro Eutopia (February 17, 2010)

Eric Owen Moss introduces Michael Sorkin, stressing the concepts of asymmetry and freedom and the political organization of urbanism. Sorkin begins with a comparison of...

Michael Sorkin (February 14, 1996)

Sorkin begins by describing the thirty minute walk from his apartment in New York to his office studio. This journey leads to a critique...

Current Work: Walter Hood

Current Work Walter Hood, Hood Design Studio Recorded: December 2, 2014 Walter Hood established multi-disciplinary, Oakland-based Hood Design Studio in 2003 with a focus on the urban...

Writing Architecture: Christopher Hawthorne, Florencia Rodriguez, Michael Sorkin…

Until recently, when the internet emerged as the main conduit for information about design, a reader was normally led to understand design ideas through...

Jane Jacobs vs. Robert Moses: How Stands the Debate Today?

Recorded: October 11, 2006 Jane Jacobs’ death in 2006 triggered many conversations about her legacy to New York. In particular, people have been mulling the...

Fun City: The New York of John Lindsay

Recorded: February 9, 1995 Introduction by Suzanne Stephens, with Michael Sorkin discussing a number of “easy utopias” that pervaded the 1960s and their influence on...