Michael Robinson Cohen

Visiting Lecturer in Architecture

Academic Program Affiliation(s): Architecture

Biography: Michael Robinson Cohen is a founding member of the New York City-based collective Citygroup and the author of the book Housing as Housing, published by Black Square in 2024. The collective was awarded the Architectural League Prize in 2022 and was a winner of the AIA New Practices New York competition in 2020. Michael earned an MPhil in Architecture and Urban Studies from the University of Cambridge, a Masters in Architecture from Yale, and a BA from Brown University. His research at the University of Cambridge was funded by the Bass Scholarship in Architecture granted by the Yale School of Architecture. Before graduate school, he served as the Community Coordinator for the Hollygrove Design Initiative, a neighborhood-based design organization funded by the National Endowment for the Arts. He is currently co-authoring a book on John Hejduk's housing projects with Pier Vittorio Aureli. His writing has been published in Burning Farm, Journal of Architecture, NYRA, AA Files, Pidgin, San Rocco, and Scroope.
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