A government building in Goshen, N.Y., designed by the noted architect Paul Rudolph, will be demolished unless legislators act this week.Credit:Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times

Michael Kimmelman’s column this week, about the debate over plans to demolish a midcentury Paul Rudolph building in Goshen, N.Y., makes the case for why it should be saved. It is only one example of his taking up a cause. As The Times’s architecture critic, he has not been shy about advocacy.