Hugh Pearman was the architecture and design critic for The Sunday Times for 30 years and (overlapping with this) the editor of the RIBA Journal. His previous books include About Architecture (Yale University Press, 2023), Cullinan Studio in the 21st Century (Lund Humphries, 2020), Equilibrium: the work of Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners *(Phaidon, 2000), *Airports: a century of architecture *(Laurence King, 2004) and *Contemporary World Architecture (Phaidon, 1998). He has contributed to many others including A Gendered Profession (RIBA Publishing, 2016). He writes for many media ranging from Royal Academy magazine and The Spectator to *Architectural Record *in the United States. He is an Honorary Fellow of the RIBA and in 2019 he was made an MBE for services to architecture. He is currently Chair of the 20th Century Society.