Michael Kimmelman

Michael Kimmelman (born May 8, 1958) is an American author, critic, columnist and pianist. He is the architecture critic for The New York Times and has written about public housing, public space, community development, infrastructure, urban design, landscape design and social responsibility. He has twice been a Pulitzer Prize finalist, most recently in 2018 for his series on climate change and global cities. In March, 2014, he was awarded the Brendan Gill Prize for his "insightful candor and continuous scrutiny of New York's architectural environment" that is "journalism at its finest."