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Michael Kimmelman on Architecture Criticism and Dangers of Demolition
United Kingdom Architecture News - Mar 06, 2015 - 11:14 3077 views
A government building in Goshen, N.Y., designed by the noted architect Paul Rudolph, will be demolished unless legislators act this week.Credit:Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Michael Kimmelman’s column this week, about the debate over plans to demolish a midcentury Paul Rudolph building in Goshen, N.Y., makes the case for why it should be saved. It is only one example of his taking up a cause. As The Times’s architecture critic, he has not been shy about advocacy.
Here, he describes why he’s been outspoken in supporting this building, which doesn’t have the profile of other fights he has taken up.......Continue Reading