We’re thrilled to share that contributor Alexandra Lange has won the Pulitzer Prize in Criticism for her collection of essays in Bloomberg CityLab. The series explores design and architecture approaches to make urban spaces more family-friendly, including in housing, public spaces and cultural institutions.

The Pulitzer board praised the pieces “for graceful and genre-expanding writing about public spaces for families, deftly using interviews, observations and analysis to consider the architectural components that allow children and communities to thrive.”

Lange brings an oft-overlooked perspective to architectural criticism, and her writing is particularly relevant at a time when the population of kids in big US cities is shrinking. Today on CityLab, revisit her award-winning essays here.

— Linda Poon

Read pieces from the series

The Answer To Making Cities More Family-Friendly? Courtyards
New housing experiments with courtyards show that this age-old design approach can still deliver for cities struggling to provide homes for families.

Burned-Out Parents Need Better Public Spaces
To ease the burden on families, we need places to let the kids roam free. 

Skate Parks Are Growing Up
A punk pastime made massively popular by the Olympics has reached amenity status with ‘skate gardens.’

How Design Promotes Better Mental Health for Children
A clinic designed by NBBJ to incorporate light and nature is part of a sea change in the way that psychiatrists approach children’s behavioral health.

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