Michael Kimmelman

Los Angeles, New York

Architecture Critic at The New York Times

Architecture critic, Headway founder and editor-at-large, The New York Times. Author, most recently, of “The Intimate City” (Penguin Press)

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Articles

A $335 Million Park at Lincoln Center Would Right Old Wrongs

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Michael Kimmelman

critic's notebookTearing down a garage wall to renovate a park at the performing arts complex may help heal a civic wound and transform a neighborhood. A rendering, looking west to east, of the future Damrosch Park. It creates new gardens and groves and connects the park to the street. Credit... Brooklyn Digital Foundry critic's notebookTearing down a garage wall to renovate a park at the performing arts complex may help heal a civic wound and transform a neighborhood.
A Stunning New Pool in Central Park Helps Heal Old Wounds

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Michael Kimmelman

critic's notebookThe $160 million Davis Center, with upgrades to six bucolic acres and a lake, writes a new chapter for the Harlem end of the park. A rendering of the Davis Center in Central Park, with a new oval pool and the restoration of the Loch leading into the lake called the Harlem Meer. Credit... Susan T Rodriguez Architecture & Design critic's notebookThe $160 million Davis Center, with upgrades to six bucolic acres and a lake, writes a new chapter for the Harlem end of the park.
Despite Setbacks, Harlem's Brotherhood Sister Sol Thrives

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Michael Kimmelman |Todd Heisler

A few years ago, Brotherhood Sister Sol, the West Harlem youth development organization, opened a $22 million headquarters that became a pilgrimage stop for New York design buffs. Its jagged glass facade, along a block of old tenements, resembled an upraised hand, leaning over the sidewalk. "An architectural showpiece," is how I described it back in 2022. I worried then whether the layout was functional.
The Worst Stock Market Drop in Years, and Dr. Oz's New Government Job

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Tracy Mumford |Will Jarvis |Ian Stewart |Jessica Metzger |David Enrich |Michael Kimmelman
Brightline Brought High-Speed Rail to Florida. Can the Public Sector Follow?

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Michael Kimmelman

headwayIn Florida, Brightline has proved that it can operate reliable, well-designed passenger trains that people want to ride. Can the public sector do the same? Brightline's airy, comfortable stations and roomy, tech-friendly cars were designed by the Rockwell Group. headwayIn Florida, Brightline has proved that it can operate reliable, well-designed passenger trains that people want to ride. Can the public sector do the same?
Soon you can once again enjoy the Gilded Age splendor of The Frick Collection in NYC

Mar 24, 2025 | post-gazette.com | Michael Kimmelman

NEW YORK -- A corner of New York City hasn't seemed quite itself since The Frick Collection shuttered during COVID-19 for the architectural equivalent of a full-body spa treatment. For a while, the museum that luxuriates in Henry Clay Frick's Beaux-Arts mansion on Fifth Avenue decamped with its old masters and other art to Marcel Breuer's former Whitney Museum a few blocks away.
The Frick Glows With a Poetic, $220 Million Renovation

Mar 15, 2025 | nytimes.com | Michael Kimmelman |Lila Barth

A corner of New York hasn't seemed quite itself since the Frick Collection shuttered during Covid for the architectural equivalent of a full-body spa treatment. For a while the museum that luxuriates in Henry Clay Frick's Beaux-Arts mansion on Fifth Avenue decamped with its old masters and other art to Marcel Breuer's former Whitney Museum a few blocks away.
What Kind of Los Angeles Will Rise From the Fires?

Feb 1, 2025 | nytimes.com | Michael Kimmelman

Will a different city emerge from the Los Angeles fires? Time and again fires have fast-tracked urban change. London after the Great Fire of 1666 rewrote its safety laws, widened streets and erected new public buildings, like the domed St. Paul's Cathedral. Chicago after the Great Fire of 1871, which decimated downtown, invented the modern American metropolis with newfangled steel-frame skyscrapers.
Notre-Dame Reopens in Paris After a Fire. It’s Astonishing.

Dec 5, 2024 | entertainment-mag.com | Mika Gröndahl |Michael Kimmelman

Benoist de Sinety, former vicar general of Paris, was on his scooter that April evening in 2019, driving across the Pont Neuf toward the Left Bank when he spotted flames in his rearview mirror billowing from under the eaves of Notre-Dame. He cursed, made a U-turn and sped toward the cathedral. Mary Queen of Scots was married at Notre-Dame, Joan of Arc beatified, Napoleon crowned.
Inside the Faithful Restoration of Notre Dame

Dec 5, 2024 | businessandamerica.com | Michael Kimmelman |Christina Shaman |Laura Salaberry

After Notre Dame caught fire in 2019, France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, promised to reopen the cathedral in five years. The timeline seemed a Hail Mary. Yet here we are. Michael Kimmelman, architecture critic for The New York Times, brings us a behind-the-scenes look at the faithful restoration of Notre Dame, which opens to the public on Dec. 8. Source link