What is Michael Sorkin?
{{Infobox architect |name = Michael D. Sorkin |image = Michael Sorkin.jpg |mother = |father = |nationality = American |birth_date = {{birth date|1948|8|2}} |birth_place = [[Washington, DC]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Caves|first1=Roger W.|title=Encyclopedia of the City|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediacity00cave|date=July 12, 2005|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-25225-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediacity00cave/page/n464 424]|edition=1}}</ref> |death_date = {{death date and age|2020|03|26|1948|08|02}} |death_place = [[New York City]] |occupation =Architect, writer |significant_buildings = |practice = Michael Sorkin Studio | }} '''Michael D. Sorkin''' (August 2, 1948 – March 26, 2020) was an American [[architect]], author, and educator.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of the City|last=Caves|first=R. W.|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|isbn=9780415252256|location=|pages=622}}</ref> Sorkin received a bachelor's degree from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1970, and a masters in architecture from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]. Sorkin also held a master's degree in English from [[Columbia University]] (MA '70).<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Yoe|first1=Mary Ruth|title=Everybody's A Critic: Michael Sorkin, AB'69|magazine=The University of Chicago Magazine|date=February 2004|volume=96|issue=3}}</ref> Sorkin was house architecture critic for ''[[The Village Voice]]'' in the 1980s, and he wrote many articles and books on the subjects of [[contemporary architecture]], design, cities, and the role of democracy in architecture.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Michael Sporkin: Architecture Critic|url=http://www.thenation.com|magazine=The Nation|date=2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Risen|first1=Clay|title=Vexed Village: An Architect's Daily Commute Inspires Sweeping Critique of City|url=http://observer.com|newspaper=The Observer|date=July 7, 2009}}</ref> Sorkin was the co-president of the [[Institute for Urban Design]] and vice- president of the [[Urban Design For