Philip Nobel
American architect
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Philip Nobel is an architect, architectural critic, and author who has written about architecture at the New York Times, Curbed, Metropolis,[1][2] Artforum, Architectural Digest and other publications.[3][4][5][6] He discussed disposable diaper design on Public Radio International.[7] He lives in Brooklyn[8] and is divorced with children.[9]
Philip Nobel | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Subject | Architecture |
A Kirkus Reviews writeup described his book Sixteen Acres about redevelopment efforts at the World Trade Center site known as Ground Zero as "unsparingly showing New York City’s power brokers taking a nation-bending hole in the ground and mixing into it a witch’s brew of ego, politics, greed, and amnesia".[10]
Nobel has stated that protest and organizing have moved online. He stated malls are becoming a place of civic engagement and training grounds for future urbanism.[11]
Bibliography
- Sixteen Acres : Architecture and the Outrageous Struggle for the Future of Ground Zero (2005), about the redevelopment of Ground Zero, the site of the World Trade Center[8][12]
- New New York (2011), essay accompanying photographs by Jake Rajs.[13]
- The Future of the Skyscraper : SOM Thinkers Series, 2015 Edition, one of several authors[14]
- SHoP, introduction[15]
