Michael Sorkin

Michael D. Sorkin (August 2, 1948 – March 26, 2020) was an American architect, author, and educator.
Sorkin received a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1970, and a masters in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sorkin also held a master's degree in English from Columbia University (MA '70).
Sorkin was house architecture critic for "The Village Voice" in the 1980s, and he wrote many articles and books on the subjects of contemporary architecture, design, cities, and the role of democracy in architecture.
Sorkin was the co-president of the Institute for Urban Design and vice- president of the Urban Design Forum in New York.
In 2013, Sorkin was awarded the "Design Mind" award by the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
On March 26, 2020, Sorkin died from COVID-19 in New York City, aged 71.