David Hay

140 Riverside Drive, New York, New York, 10014
646-334-4234. Email: DavidWPHay@gmail.com

For over twenty years I wrote about architecture for The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Men’s Vogue and Dwell. Now I write for design professionals, developing ‘a voice’ for their work.

Here’s what I’ve been hired for:
Design research and strategy, white papers, web content, RFP’s, newspaper editorials, project outlines, press releases, media outreach, visual promotion, book proposals.

This is what I’ve been up to recently:
Editorial Director: HWKN, global architecture and innovation, New York.

This is my background:
I began my career writing about Los Angeles’ Modernist heritage. I expanded my brief to culture in general, beginning a long association with national newspapers and magazines. A key to my success was a particular ability to translate often high-brow concepts used by artists and architects into language both lively and
accessible.

This is what I do:
I have a long history in successfully crafting ‘content’. What’s changed now is the speed and authenticity of communication. It has never been faster, its accuracy and clarity of narrative rarely so blurred. That’s the challenge: how to make the story we want to tell, be it the startling 

particularity of a new design, a strategy
paper, or a web release, stand apart. And create it in warp speed.

Proven Experience:

The New York Times.
The Los Angeles Times.
Architectural Record.
Dwell.
Preservation.
Curbed.
Metropolis.
Men’s Vogue
New York
Publications:
‘’Shape Tomorrow’. Author. Catalogue, HWKN’s Designs for the Future, 2021. Aedes Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
‘The Work Resort’. HWKN’s Post-Covid Office. (White Paper.)

Clients:
HWKN Architecture & Innovation, Hachette, ReddyMade Design.

Off Broadway Plays:
‘The Maddening Truth’, 2011. ‘A Perfect Future’, 2014. ‘If You Could See’, Fall, 2024.

Education:
Master of Fine Arts, University of California, Los Angeles.

PUBLISHED WORK.

ART & ARCHITECTURE:
The New York Times. “The Artist’s Architect” (2004). David Hay on architect Richard Gluckman commissions for famous contemporary artists such as Ellsworth Kelly.

https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:b5124baa-1be9-35e8-8bcf-9b43a5a5d603https://acrobat.adobe.com/link...

The New York Times. “Bringing Out the Gravitas in a Tough Housing Project.” (1999) David Hay on photographer Dana Lixenberg.

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1999/05/30/859842.html?pageNumber=59

New York Magazine. “Halston’s Old House” (2005). David Hay on the history and future of Halston’s famous Upper East Side house designed by Paul Rudolph.

https://nymag.com/nymetro/shopping/homedesign/14628/

DWELL. “Massie Produced. Breakthroughs in Housing” (2008). David Hay. Architect William Massie’s plan to build houses inside his own factory near Detroit.

https://www.dwell.com/article/massie-produced-48a33de2

EXHIBITION CATALOGUE:
‘Shape Tomorrow’, an exhibition of HWKN’s built prototypes opened at the Aedes Arkitekturforum in Berlin in December 2021. (I worked closely with Matthias Hollwich on his text
and wrote the rest of the catalogue, including captions for the comic book sections.)

https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:af5d07ef-dedc-3b33-b2f2-79fce93e9d0b


ARCHITECTURAL WHITE PAPERS:
HWKN White Paper. “Office of the Future -The Work Resort” by Principal Matthias Hollwich (2022). Authored by David Hay.

https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:477accfe-0135-3d45-a47d-16ab07925ecf

GENERAL INTEREST:
The New York Times. Opinion. “When Nature Becomes A Game.” (1999)
David Hay on the risks taken by the ultra-wealthy in pursuit of pleasure.
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/0...
Anne Summers Reports Magazine. “The Reddest State” (2015). David Hay on how Republicans are shaping the future of Texas.
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