Alexandra Lange

Alexandra Lange is an architecture and design critic and author based in New York. She is the architecture critic for Curbed, and has bylines published The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Metropolis, Architect magazine, Architectural Digest; Architectural Record, The Architect’s Newspaper, Cite; Domus; Domino; Dwell; GOOD; Icon, The Nation, New York magazine, Places Journal, Print and Slate. Lange is a Loeb Fellow, and a recipient of the 2019 Steven Heller Prize for Cultural Commentary.[1][2]

Education

Lange graduated with a BA in Architecture and Literature from Yale University in 1994. She gained her MA from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, in 2001, and her PhD from the same institution in 2005 with the thesis “Tower Typewriter and Trademark: Architects, Designers and the Corporate Utopia, 1956–1964.” Lange was a Loeb Fellow at the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, 2013–2014.[3]

Books

Lange has published four books to date. The latest, The Design of Childhood: How the Material World Shapes Independent Kids, was published by Bloomsbury Books in 2018 to critical acclaim.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] The book charts the design of the toys, spaces and material culture that shape childhood, and the impact of these.[12] One consequence of the approach has been to reveal the work and careers of many women not traditionally recognised within design and architectural history.[13] The impact of the book has extended through essays published The New Yorker, The New York Times, Curbed, The Atlantic and other publications.[14][15][16][12]

Writing About Architecture: Mastering the Language of Buildings and Cities was published in 2012 by Chronicle Books.[17] The Dot-Com City: Silicon Valley Urbanism, was published as en e-book by Strelka Institute in 2012.[18]

Design Research: the store that brought modern living to American homes documents the history of Design Research, a store founded by Ben Thompson using the idea of the lifestyle store.[19] Written with Jane Thompson, the book tells the story of Design Research through the voices of the people involved.[20][21]

Lange has also published a range of chapters in books edited by others. These include:

  • “Introduction” in Identity: Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv, Standards Manual (2018).[22]
  • “Toys as Furniture / Furniture as Toys,” Serious Play: Design in Midcentury America, New Haven: Yale University Press (2018).[23]
  • “Alexander Girard in Columbus,” Alexander Girard: A Designer’s Universe, Weil am Rhein: Vitra Design Museum, 2016.[24][25]
  • “Stitching A House,” Listening: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Houses 2009 – 2015, New York: Rizzoli, 2015.[26]
  • “Preface,” Duke University: An Architectural Tour, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2015.[27]
  • “2004 – 2008,” Thirty Years of Emerging Voices: Idea, Form, Resonance, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2015.[28]
  • “The Glamour of Utility,” Formica Forever, New York: Metropolis Books, 2013.[29]
  • “’I Can’t Live in a Box’: Artists, activism and lower Manhattan in the 1960s,” in New York Cool: Paintings and Sculptures from the NYU Collection, ed. Pepe Karmel, New York: NYU, 2009.[30]
  • “Corporate Headquarters: Saarinen in Suburbia,” and with Sean Khorsandi, “Houses and Housing: At Home with Saarinen,” in Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future, ed. Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen and Donald Albrecht, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.[31]

Criticism and journalism

Lange as written criticism for a wide range of publications, predominantly in the United States. Selected articles include the following:

  • “A Redux for Marguerita Mergentime,” New York Times, March 2019.[32]
  • “Overlooked No More: Julia Morgan, Pioneering Female Architect,” New York Times March 6, 2019.[33]
  • “The End of the Architect Profile,” Curbed, April 19, 2018.[34]
  • “The A-Frame Effect,”Curbed, September 22, 2017.
  • “A Graphic Novel Turns Teens into City Planners,” The New Yorker, August 19, 2017.[11]
  • “Jane Jacobs, Georgia O’Keeffe, and the Power of the Marimekko Dress,” The New Yorker, June 23, 2017.[35]
  • “The forgotten history of Japanese-American designers’ internment,” Curbed, January 31, 2017.[36]
  • “What It Would Take to Set American Kids Free,” The New Yorker, November 18, 2016.[37]
  • “10 Things I Learned at the Vanna Venturi House,” Curbed, November 17, 2016.[38]
  • “Jane Jacobs Was No Upstart,” Architect, October 4, 2016.[39]
  • “Play Ground,” The New Yorker, May 16, 2016.
  • “A Buffalo Case Study: Can Architecture Bring a City Back?” Curbed, August 6, 2015.[40]
  • “Women were unwelcome in architecture, but male architects couldn’t live without them,” Dezeen Opinion, May 12, 2015.[41]
  • “Pier 55: Pocket Gadget, Meme-tecture, or Something More Nefarious?” Curbed, April 23, 2015.[42]
  • “Philip Johnson’s Not Glass Houses,” T Magazine, February 15, 2015.[43]
  • “Why Charles Moore (Still) Matters,” Metropolis, June 2014.[44]
  • “Demolition of Prentice Women’s Hospital and Penn Station,” Architect, November 2013.[45]
  • “Architecture’s Lean-In Moment, on the status of women in architecture,” Metropolis, July/August 2013.
  • “Dreams Built and Broken: On Ada Louise Huxtable,” The Nation, May 6, 2013.[46]
  • “Founding Mother: Mariana Van Rensselaer and the Rise of Criticism,” Places, February 25, 2013.[47]
  • “Fear of Fun: A History of Modernist Design for Children,” Los Angeles Review of Books, October 6, 2012.[48]

References
  1. "Steven Heller Prize for Cultural Commentary". AIGA | the professional association for design. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  2. "Alexandra Lange". bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  3. "Alexandra Lange: About". alexandralange.net. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  4. Alexandra, Lange (2018-06-12). The design of childhood : how the material world shapes independent kids. New York. ISBN 9781632866356. OCLC 1038067825.
  5. West, Allyn. "Tools for Tots: On Alexandra Lange's "The Design of Childhood"". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  6. "Century-Old Decisions That Impact Children Every Day". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  7. THE DESIGN OF CHILDHOOD by Alexandra Lange | Kirkus Reviews.
  8. "Briefly Noted Book Reviews". 2018-09-10. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  9. "In a New Book, Alexandra Lange Explores the Design of Childhood". Metropolis. 2018-09-25. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  10. Hurley, Amanda Kolson. "Designing for Children Is Anything But Childish". CityLab. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  11. Lange, Alexandra (2017-08-19). "A Graphic Novel to Transform Teens Into City Planners". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  12. Keith, Kelsey (2018-06-11). "Q&A: Alexandra Lange on 'The Design of Childhood'". Curbed. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  13. Lange, Alexandra (2018-06-04). "The Hidden Women of Architecture and Design". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  14. Lange, Alexandra (2018-08-28). "The Summer Idyll of Free-Range Children Should Last All Year". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  15. Lange, Alexandra (2018-06-07). "Opinion | The Magic of a Cardboard Box". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  16. Lange, Alexandra (2018-11-09). "Every City Should Have a Toy Library". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  17. Alexandra, Lange (2012). Writing about architecture : mastering the language of buildings and cities. Lange, Jeremy M. (1st ed.). New York: Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781616890537. OCLC 747018933.
  18. Alexandra, Lange (May 2015). The dot-com city : silicon valley urbanism (First ed.). [London]. ISBN 9780992914653. OCLC 917227738.
  19. Thompson, Jane; Lange, Alexandra (2010). Design Research : the store that brought modern living to American homes. Lange, Alexandra., Peltason, Ruth A. San Francisco: Chronicle Books. ISBN 9780811868181. OCLC 646309291.
  20. Campbell, Robert (2010-08-22). "We lived it here first". Boston.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  21. "Ben Thompson's Retail Love Affair". Archpaper.com. 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  22. Haviv, Chermayeff & Geismar & (2018-07-05). Identity. New York. ISBN 9780692955239. OCLC 1032588288.
  23. Serious play : design in midcentury America. Obniski, Monica,, Alfred, Darrin,, Milwaukee Art Museum,, Denver Art Museum. New Haven. ISBN 9780300234220. OCLC 1028880197.CS1 maint: others (link)
  24. Alexander Girard A Designer's Universe ARTBOOK | D.A.P. 2016 Catalog Vitra Design Museum Books Exhibition Catalogues 9783945852057.
  25. Alexander, Girard (2016). Alexander Girard : a designer's universe. Kries, Mateo, 1974-, Eisenbrand, Jochen,, Vitra Design Museum. [Weil am Rhein, Germany]. ISBN 9783945852057. OCLC 946010436.
  26. (Firm), Bohlin, Cywinski, Jackson. Listening : Bohlin Cywinski Jackson : houses 2009-2015. Bohlin, Peter Q., 1937-, Lange, Alexandra,, Cadwell, Mike, 1952-, Joy, Rick, 1958-, Produced by ORO Editions. New York, NY. ISBN 9780847846320. OCLC 905518262.
  27. Morrill., Bryan, John (2000). Duke University : an architectural tour. New York: Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 1568982283. OCLC 44414082.
  28. New., York, The Architectural League of (2015). Thirty Years of Emerging Voices : Form, Idea, Resonance. New York, NY: Princeton Architectural Press. ISBN 9781616891978. OCLC 951221611.
  29. Formica forever. Cincinnati, Ohio. ISBN 9781938922152. OCLC 845516599.
  30. Collection., New York University. Art (2008). New York cool : painting and sculpture from the NYU Art Collection. Gumpert, Lynn., Karmel, Pepe., Grey Art Gallery., Palmer Museum of Art (Pennsylvania State University), University of Iowa. Museum of Art., Bowdoin College. Museum of Art. New York, N.Y.: Grey Art Gallery, New York University. ISBN 9780615181059. OCLC 261224396.
  31. 1910-1961., Saarinen, Eero (2006). Eero Saarinen : shaping the future. Pelkonen, Eeva-Liisa., Albrecht, Donald., Taidehalli (Helsinki, Finland). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300112823. OCLC 70207967.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  32. "Finding Art Beyond Darkness". The New York Times. 2019-03-07. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  33. "Overlooked No More: Julia Morgan, Pioneering Female Architect". The New York Times. 2019-03-06. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  34. Lange, Alexandra (2018-04-19). "The end of the architect profile". Curbed. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  35. Lange, Alexandra (2017-06-23). "Jane Jacobs, Georgia O'Keeffe, and the Power of the Marimekko Dress". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  36. Lange, Alexandra (2017-01-31). "The forgotten history of Japanese-American designers' World War II internment". Curbed. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  37. Lange, Alexandra (2016-11-18). "What It Would Take to Set American Kids Free". ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  38. Lange, Alexandra (2016-11-17). "10 things I learned on a pilgrimage to the iconic Vanna Venturi House". Curbed. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  39. "Jane Jacobs Was No Upstart". architectmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  40. Lange, Alexandra (2015-08-06). "A Buffalo Case Study: Can Architecture Bring a City Back?". Curbed. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  41. "Alexandra Lange on craft, making and gender". Dezeen. 2015-05-12. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  42. Lange, Alexandra (2015-04-23). "Barry Diller-Funded Pier55 Plan: Pocket Gadget, Meme-tecture, or Something More Nefarious?". Curbed. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  43. Lange, Alexandra (2015-02-13). "Philip Johnson's Not Glass Houses". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  44. "Why Charles Moore (Still) Matters". Metropolis. 2014-05-20. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  45. Lange, Alexandra (October 2013). "Demolition of Prentice Womens Hospital by Bertrand Goldberg and Penn Station". architectmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  46. Lange, Alexandra (2013-04-15). "Dreams Built and Broken: On Ada Louise Huxtable". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  47. Lange, Alexandra (2013-02-25). "Founding Mother". Places Journal (2013). doi:10.22269/130225.
  48. Alexandra Lange. "Fear of Fun: A History of Modernist Design for Children". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
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