Alexandra Lange
Note: There is more than one author with this name in the Goodreads database. Alexandra Lange is a journalist and an architectural historian. She is a contributing editor at New York Magazine and writes articles about architecture, design and urban planning for Metropolis, Domino and The New York Times. She received her PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University and has contributed essays and articles to peer-reviewed publications such as the Journal of Design History and the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. Alexandra has taught architectural criticism at New York University and delivered papers on her research at the Society of Architectural Historians 59th Annual Meeting and the 2005 Buell Dissertation Colloquium at Columbia University.
7 Books Written
Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities
by Alexandra Lange
Rating: 4.0 ⭐
Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities , the latest addition to the Architecture Briefs series, is a handbook on how to write effectively and critically about the contemporary city. The book offers works by some of the best architecture critics of the twentieth century including Ada Louise Huxtable, Lewis Mumford, Herbert Muschamp, Michael Sorkin, Charles Moore,
Monocultures have always been part of the appeal of the suburban headquarters, and it is especially true for the tech companies that dominate Silicon Valley. On their bland campuses, the likes of Apple, Google and Facebook dominate the world, removed from the mess and the prying eyes of the real city. But while their products are discussed endlessly, their urbanism has rarely been. So
The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids
by Alexandra Lange
Rating: 3.8 ⭐
From building blocks to city blocks, an eye-opening exploration of how children's playthings and physical surroundings affect their development.Parents obsess over their children's playdates, kindergarten curriculum, and every bump and bruise, but the toys, classrooms, playgrounds, and neighborhoods little ones engage with are just as important. These objects and spaces encode decades,
Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they have loomed large as temples of commerce, the agora of the suburbs. In their prime, they proved a powerful draw for creative thinkers such as Joan Didion, Ray Bradbury, and George Romero, who understood the mall's appeal as both critics and consumers. Yet today, amid the aftershocks of financial cri
The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids―Featuring the Author's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Essays
by Alexandra Lange
Rating: 1.0 ⭐
The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids—Featuring the Author's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Essays
by Alexandra Lange
**From the Winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism ** Now Updated with New Material**"[Lange] might be the most influential design critic writing now." -The Los Angeles Review of Books From building blocks to city blocks, an eye-opening exploration of the ways children's playthings and surroundings affect their development-now featu
The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids—Featuring the Author's Pulitzer Prize-Winning Essays
by Alexandra Lange
Bloomsbury presents The Design of Childhood by Alexandra Lange, read by Rebecca LaChance. From winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism From building blocks to city blocks, an eye-opening exploration of the ways children's playthings and surroundings affect their development—now featuring the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning essays.