James S. Russell
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About James
James S. Russell, FAIA, is the Director, Design Strategic Initiatives at the New York City Department of Design and Construction, where his current work engages sustainability, resilience, equity and healthy living. He has written for numerous publications as an architecture critic and journalist, including The Economist, Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. He was the architecture critic at Bloomberg News and a long-time editor at Architectural Record magazine. He blogs at www.JamesSRussell.net. His book, The Agile City: Building Well Being and Wealth in an Era of Climate Change, was published by Island Press.