Ouroussoff Is Named Times Architecture Critic

Nicolai Ouroussoff, a New York-based architecture writer, has been named architecture critic of the Los Angeles Times.

Ouroussoff has written architecture criticism, features and news columns extensively for the New York Times, Architectural Record, the New York Observer and Artforum magazine.

He has a master’s of architecture degree from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree in Russian studies from Georgetown University.

Ouroussoff will join the staff in mid-September.