Clifford Pearson is a writer and editor who covers architecture, urbanism, and culture. He is a contributing editor at Architectural Record, where he had served as deputy editor-in-chief and senior editor for 26 years. From 2018 through 2020, he was the editorial director of Kohn Pedersen Fox, and from 2016 to 2018, he was the director of the University of Southern California’s American Academy in China and a lecturer at the USC School of Architecture. He has extensive experience in Asia, having overseen Record’s coverage in that region and serving as editor-in-charge of its China edition, 2008-2013. He is the co-author, with A. Eugene Kohn, of The World By Design, the author of Indonesia: Design and Culture, and the editor of Modern American Houses. In 2004 and 2006, he was the co-curator of the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale. Mr. Pearson holds a master's degree in architectural history from Columbia University and a bachelor's degree in urban studies from Cornell University. Since 2021, he has served as joint artistic director of The Village Trip, an annual festival celebrating arts and activism in Greenwich Village. www.thevillagetrip.com