An award-winning independent journalist, James S. Russell has extensively covered architectural design as well as climate change issues, housing, transportation, and related issues for Bloomberg CityLab, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, among many other publications. He wrote for nine years about architecture and cities as the architecture critic at Bloomberg News. He is a contributing writer and a former editor at Architectural Record magazine, the chief publication for practicing architects. His book, The Agile City: Building Well Being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change (Island Press), was published to acclaim. He has been elected a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. His growing Substack column, Architecture and the Dity can be found here: https://james560.substack.com
James is an active speaker and panel participant. He has been a commentator, on WNYC and NPR radio, among others. He did radio interviews and video segments with Bloomberg News. He is a frequent speaker and panelist in events at the American Institute of Architects and the National Academy of Sciences among others.
He has been a research director, urban-strategy consultant, and taught at Stanford University’s program in New York City and other universities. These diverse activities enable James to bring fresh perspectives on issues that often play out as tired received wisdom. He is at work on a new book: The Business of Cities: Lessons for a Perilous Urban Future
in Seattle’s Journey from Also-Ran to Superstar.
