Herbert Muschamp
Herbert Muschamp (born November 28, 1947 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † October 3, 2007 in New York City ) was an American architecture critic .
Life
Muschamp studied at the University of Pennsylvania and after two years moved to Andy Warhol's “ The Factory ” studio in New York City. He later studied architecture at Parsons The New School for Design . After a stay at the AA in London, he returned to New York and taught at the “Parsons”. He was director of the graduate program in architecture and design criticism.
Since the mid-1980s he has written for publications such as Vogue , House & Garden and the Artforum ; In 1987 he became the first salaried architecture critic in the United States for The New Republic magazine .
In 1992 he succeeded Paul Goldberger at the New York Times . Muschamp became the main critic of the American architectural world. His writings and articles helped architects such as Frank Gehry , Rem Koolhaas , Zaha Hadid , Richard Meier and Jean Nouvel as well as young talents such as Greg Lynn , Lindy Roy , Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto to gain worldwide fame and reputation. In 2004 he resigned from his position and moved to design columns for Times Style Magazine .
Muschamp died in October 2007 at the age of 59 from complications from lung cancer .
Fonts
- Herbert Muschamp: File Under Architecture , MIT Press 1975, ISBN 0-262-13110-2
- Herbert Muschamp: Man About Town: Frank Lloyd Wright in New York City , MIT Press 1985, ISBN 0-262-63100-8
- Herbert Muschamp: James Wines - Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt , Architectural Association Publications 1985, ISBN 0-904503-62-3
- Herbert Muschamp, Mark Perrott: Hope Abandoned: Eastern State Penitentiary , Pennsylvania Prison Society 2000, ISBN 0-9670455-0-9
- Herbert Muschamp, Russell Panczenko, Germano Celant: Richard Artschwager: Public , University of Wisconsin Press 2002, ISBN 0-932900-28-3
- Herbert Muschamp, Martin E. Marty, Edward Rothstein: Visions of Utopia , Oxford University Press 2004, ISBN 0-19-517161-6
Web links
- Herbert Muschamp in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- "Herbert Muschamp, 59, Architecture Critic, Dies," New York Times, October 4, 2007
- “Herbert Muschamp, 59; former New York Times architecture critic " , Los Angeles Times , October 4th 2007
swell
- ^ "Woman of Steel," New York Times, March 28, 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Muschamp, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American architecture critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 2007 |
| Place of death | New York City |