Scottish architect loses fight against brain tumour

Kathryn Findlay, co-founder of Ushida Findlay, has died aged 60.

The Scottish-born architect behind the Orbit sculpture in the Olympic Park was suffering from a brain tumour.

She founded Ushida Findlay in Japan in 1986 with her then husband Eisaku Ushida and was the first female academic in the department of architecture at Tokyo University.

Her best-known works included the Truss Wall House and Soft and Hairy House, both in Tokyo, and Poolhouses 1 and 2 in the UK.

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