Building Art

Paul Goldberger, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, spent fifteen years as the architecture critic for The New Yorker and began his career at The New York Times, where he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism for his writing on architecture. He is the author of many books, most recently Why Architecture Matters, Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age of Architecture, and Up From Zero. He teaches at The New School and lectures widely around the country on architecture, design, historic preservation, and cities. He and his wife, Susan Solomon, live in New York City.

Fascinating. . . . An informative, startling journey into the inner sanctums of modern architecture s power structure. The New York Times Book Review

Revealing. . . . A penetrating portrait. Morning Edition/NPR

Riveting. . . . Full of little-known facts about the Pritzker Prize-winner that will surprise the most knowledgable Gehry-philes. Architectural Digest

Excellent and comprehensive. . . . Undeniably fascinating. Bloomberg

Terrifically readable. . . . Satisfying detail on Gehry s career path and hugely complex personality. Los Angeles Times

Convey[s] the architect s personality and process with deft strokes that have an artistic ease of their own. . . . If you re intrigued by Frank Gehry . . . I can t recommend this expansive survey of his life and work too highly. John King, San Francisco Chronicle

Fascinating. . . . Agilely balances the disparate subjects of art and biography. Goldberger s critical assessments of Gehry s designs are insightful and often riveting. Richmond Times-Dispatch

Critically fluent, socially and psychologically acute. . . . An involving work of significant architectural history and a discerning and affecting portrait of a daring and original master builder. Booklist (starred review)

This full-length critical study of an important contemporary architect is by one of our finest architectural critics. . . . [An] outstanding volume. . . . Highly recommended. Library Journal (starred review)

Richly researched, intelligent, and graceful. Kirkus Reviews

[Goldberger] contextualizes Gehry s work with smart discussions of trends in Modernism and the Los Angeles art scene that inspired such trends, and offers his usual shrewd, evocative insights into the look and feel of buildings. Publishers Weekly