Jeff Byles

Jeff Byles is the author of Rubble: Unearthing the History of Demolition (Harmony Books, 2005). He has written about architecture, urbanism, and culture for The New York Times, The Village Voice, Metropolis, Modern Painters, Cabinet, The Believer, and other publications. Among recent projects, he has co-edited The New York 2030 Notebook (Institute for Urban Design, 2008) and is co-author of A History of Design from the Victorian Era to the Present (Norton, 2011).

Jeff studied English literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Alaska, Anchorage. He got his start in journalism at The Anchorage Press, a weekly paper where for several years he wrote a column about beer. Jeff served for two years as managing editor at The Architect's Newspaper, and most recently has directed research at Van Alen Institute.

A native of Portland, Oregon, he lives in New York City.