I am a GIANT on Section Cut

A few weeks ago, Dan Weissman and Kyle Sturgeon of the design resource blog Section Cut came to interview me at Doebele House in Cambridge, semi-official home of the Loeb Fellowship. We had a great conversation about my life as a design critic and its many way stations. That interview, edited for length, is now available on their site. You can listen or download it here.

During the conversation, she shares some best practices and sheds perspective on her journey to becoming an influential architectural critic, journalist, and social media maven with over 10.4k Twitter followers to date.

Though not explicitly a designer, Lange’s work takes a critical eye to the built environment, design culture, and our fields’ positions relative to contemporary societal concerns. This work is executed with such care and precision that she is often invited to speak at prestigious institutions and write for some of the most respected publications in the world. And, even with such accolades as these, Alexandra manages to be unpretentious, approachable, and generous enough to sit down and talk with the likes of us.

Take a listen above to see what we mean, and make sure to explore some of Alexandra’s top resources below. Consider her challenge posed to Team Section Cut – GAME ON!

Among those resources: Lydia DePillis’s Tumblr 100 Percent Men, Ada Louise Huxtable’s On Architecture, Nicholson Baker’s The Mezzanine. No excuses, especially since a used copy of On Architecture is a mere one cent.

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