Nonfiction

Niall Cronin

Born in Indianapolis, Niall Cronin is a New York-based photographer working primarily in the fields of architecture, design, and construction. After graduating from The College of Wooster in 2016 with a B.A. in Urban Studies, Niall spent the summer at the Harvard Graduate School of Design building a portfolio in Urban Planning. His personal work investigates the formal, physical urban landscape within the social context of cities and their cultures. What A Building Does: The Hoosier Modernisms of Evans Woollen (a collaboration with writer Phil Cox) is Niall’s first book.

2026 Nonfiction Winner: What a Building Does: The Hoosier Modernisms of Evans Woollen

What a Building Does: The Hoosier Modernisms of Evans Woollen surveys the design contributions of some of Indianapolis’ most well-known Brutalist structures by one of its native sons. 

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