All Obituaries articles – Page 5
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Richard Buckley dies at 45
Architect Richard Buckley, 45, a founding partner of Buckley Gray Yeoman, has drowned while on a family holiday. Buckley (pictured) set up the practice with his wife Fiammetta Gray in 1996.
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Historian Paul Overy dies aged 68
Art and architecture historian Paul Overy has died aged 68 from pancreatic cancer.
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FeaturesRodney Gordon: An obituary
Rodney Gordon died earlier this year at the age of 75. Catherine Croft, director of the Twentieth Century Society looks back at his achievements.
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NewsEH chairman Sandy Bruce-Lockhart dies of cancer
English Heritage chairman Sandy Bruce-Lockhart has died of cancer, aged 66.
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Andreas Papadakis dies
The former publisher of Architectural Design, and Charles Jencks’ global bestseller The Language of Post Modernism, has died.
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NewsMartin Pawley dies
Martin Pawley, architect, critic, teacher, and a former editor of BD, died on Sunday aged 69, after a long illness.
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Pawley’s prescience on the city
Jonathan Glancey recalls his disagreements with former BD editor Martin Pawley, who died this week, about the future of the city
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Former RIBA deputy dies
Maurice McCarthy, a former RIBA vice president and founder member of the Salaried Architects Group, has died aged 64 after losing his battle with cancer.
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NewsKurokawa dies aged 73
Kisho Kurokawa, the Japanese architect who pioneered the Metabolism movement, has died of heart failure aged 73.
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NewsInspirational Oswald Ungers dies
Oswald Mathias Ungers, the architect responsible for some of Germany’s most important public buildings, has died aged 81.
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Kisho Kurokawa, 1934-2007
TRIBUTE: Charles Jencks talks to Zo Blackler about his legacy IN PICTURES: Kurokawa's Swansea Maggies Centre will be his only UK building FROM THE ARCHIVE: Pictures and stories from BD's archive
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Landscape architect Mark Sumner dies suddenly
Landscape architect and director of Levitt Bernstein Architects Mark Sumner has died suddenly at the age of 46.
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FeaturesSandy Wilson: Passionate champion of democratic space
Sandy Wilson (1922-2007) is remembered by friends and colleagues as a great architectural talent, but also as a patron of the arts and an inspirational educator who was always ready to promote the talents of others
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FeaturesPoem in tribute to Sandy Wilson
Poet Theresa Shiban joins in our celebration of Sandy Wilson's life and work with a poetic tribute to the British Library
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NewsLaurie Baker: Guru of low-cost housing
Laurie Baker, who has died in India aged 90, was a passionate architectural innovator who faced fierce criticism for advocating construction using only local materials
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NewsUrban golf enthusiast dies at 34
Friends have paid tribute to Jeremy “Jez” Feakes, a director of architecture practice Unit 20, remembering his “drive, intelligence, zest and sense of fun”. Feakes died earlier this week aged 34 after a fall at his studio.
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NewsLandmark Trust founder dies
John Smith, founder and major financial backer of the Landmark Trust, died last week.
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Opinion
Death and life of an anarchist urbanist
Reading the laudatory obituaries of Jane Jacobs in the newspapers last week, it was easy to forget what a hostile reception she received, particularly from architects, when The Death and Life of Great American Cities was first published in 1961.
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NewsFosters model-making legend Chris Windsor dies, aged 50
One of the founders of Foster & Partners’ model-making department has died, aged 50.