RIBA president Simon Allford has paid tribute to predecessor in the role Marco Goldschmied, who has died at the age of 78.

Goldschmied led the institute at the turn of the millennium and kept a close watch on its activities for the next two decades. Last year he led a call for the organisation to do more to help architects, particularly small practices, with the spiralling cost of professional indemnity insurance.

The architect was also a long-time collaborator with Richard Rogers, and co-founded the Stephen Lawrence Prize.

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