Obituaries

Obituary: Joseph Rykwert, 1926-2024

Influential architectural historian and Royal Gold Medallist

Obituary: Colin Fournier (1944-2024), who educated every way he could

Renowned educator and urban designer

Victor Robinson (1933-2024), Northern Irish practitioner who challenged big London firms

Co-founder of prolific Belfast practice Robinson & McIlwaine

Obituary: John Miller (1930-2024)

Kenneth Frampton remembers John Miller

Charley Brentnall, 1956-2024, pioneer in timber structures

Expert in structural timber who taught and learnt in equal measure through rich collaborations

Obituary: Nicholas Hare, 1942-2024, founder of Nicholas Hare Architects

Champion of passive design, light and spatial clarity

Obituary: Jonathan Hill (1958-2023), enquiring, quizzical Bartlett professor

Intriguing thinker who influenced generations of architects

Obituary: Peter Jacob 1942–2023, academic who fostered a ‘sense that we were changing the world’

Supportive, compassionate and open-minded head of architecture at Kingston University

Peter Buchanan 1942 – 2023

Architect, writer, critic and teacher who wrote The Big Rethink

Obituary: Jan Landolt, 1965-2023 – advocate for the role of good architecture

Perfectionist, problem solver and deep thinker

Michael Squire (1946-2023)

Entrepreneurial architect who made a significant impact on London

Anthony Blee, 1935-2023, modernist architect and heritage consultant

Close associate of and successor to Basil Spence

Michael Hopkins (1935-2023)

Obituary: Michael Hopkins, practical pioneer of High Tech and winner of the Royal Gold Medal

Elain Harwood (1958-2023), English Heritage’s best known public figure

Champion of 20th century architecture

Obituary: Michael Wilford (1938-2023), Stirling partner who went on to build his own successful practice

Designer of the award-winning Lowry and British embassy in Berlin

Obituary: Christopher Gardner-Medwin, architect who overcame deafness to inspire others

George Ferguson pays tribute to his former colleague who helped play a key role in the regeneration of Bristol Harbourside

Obituary: Peter Tábori, (1940-2023), veteran of Camden’s housing golden age

Hungarian architect best known for Highgate New Town

Roger FitzGerald (1959-2022), ADP chairman who saw artistry as a vital part of architecture

Gentlemanly leader who used art as a design tool

Eldred Evans, 1937-2022, OBE whose career began with a competition win while still at Yale

Co-founder of Evans & Shalev, modernist architect and teacher

John Thompson, 1944 - 2022, HTA and JTP founder and champion of local collaboration

Architect and urbanist who helped found the Academy of Urbanism

Ronald Lewcock (1929-2022), scholar with a common touch

Authority on the architecture of Africa, Sri Lanka and the Islamic world

Influential teacher of architecture Charles Rattray (1956-2022)

John McRae of Orms remembers an influential teacher

Stephen Macfarlane (1928-2022), who helped make modern Bristol

Whicheloe Macfarlane co-founder who played a leading part in shaping post-war Bristol

Obituary: high-rise safety expert and campaigner Sam Webb, 1937-2022

Tenacious safety expert who took ordinary people’s concerns seriously

Influential architectural historian Mark Girouard, 1931-2022

Britain’s leading architectural historian who changed the way historians write about architecture

Obituary: Marco Goldschmied 1944–2022

Marco Goldschmied 28 March 1944 – 7 July 2022

Diane Haigh (1949-2022), respected influence on conservation and design review

Design Review director at CABE who influenced conservation guidance

Obituary: Marcus Fairs, 1967 – 2022 founder of Dezeen

Champion of the architectural industry, studios and individual careers

Obituary: John Harris, the RIBA's first drawings curator, 1931-2022

The self-taught historian and curator transformed the study of architectural drawings

Obituary: Low carbon champion David Lea 1939–2022

Architect motivated by care for the environment

Obituary: Christopher Alexander, 1936-2022

Renowned theorist who believed in the warmth, sound and texture of architecture

City of Salford MediaCity

Shepheard Epstein Hunter partner Peter Hunter: 1938-2022

Architect's pioneering approach to urban regeneration guided developments at Salford Quays and Laganside

Max Fordham, 1933-2022

Creative engineer whose influence transformed building design

Chris Wilkinson, double Stirling Prize winner and prolific international designer 1945-2021

WilkinsonEyre founder, 1945-2021, remembered by Stafford Critchlow

Richard Rogers dies aged 88

Lord Rogers of Riverside, architect of the Pompidou and Lloyds of London, as well as a fascinating and magnetic personality

Owen Luder, painted in 1978 by June Mendoza

Owen Luder, charismatic outsider turned RIBA president

OLP founder, 1928-2021, who produced acclaimed brutalist buildings