Michael Sorkin
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| Born | 1948 Washington, DC |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Architect, writer |
| Practice | Michael Sorkin Studio |
Michael D. Sorkin (born 1948) in Washington, DC is an American architect, author, and educator based in New York City.
Michael Sorkin is an architect and urbanist whose practice spans design, planning, criticism, and teaching. Sorkin received a bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago in 1970, and a masters in architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.Arch '74). Sorkin also holds a master's degree in English from Columbia University (MA '70). He is founding principal of Michael Sorkin Studio, a New York-based global design practice with special interests in urban planning, urban design and green urbanism. Sorkin is considered an invigorating architecture critic. He was house architecture critic for The Village Voice in the 1980s, and he has authored numerous articles and books on the subjects of contemporary architecture, design, cities, and the role of democracy in architecture. and he serves as an international consultant on urban and architectural design and participates in numerous juries, seminars, and symposia worldwide. Mr. Sorkin is an active board member and adviser to many civic and professional organizations, including the ARCHEWORKS, a social-mission driven design school in Chicago, Illinois, and the London Consortium; he co-president is the Institute for Urban Design, an education and advocacy organization, 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.
Michael Sorkin Studio in New York City focuses primarily on professional practice in the urban public realm. Sorkin has designed environmental projects in Hamburg, Germany, and proposed master plans for the Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem, and the Brooklyn waterfront and Queens Plaza in New York City. [ His urban studies have been the subject of gallery exhibits, and in 2010, he received the American Academy of Arts and Letters award in architecture. He is an international consultant. Sorkin presents regularly at regional, national, and international conferences, and he has served as adviser and juror on numerous professional committees, including The Guggenheim Helsinki Design Competition, The Aga Khan Trust for Culture's Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Chrysler Design Award, the New York City Chapter of the American Institute of Architecture, Architectural League of New York, and in the area of design writing and commentary, for Core 77.
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