Obituaries

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

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

Obituary: Stanley Amis (1924–2021)

Expert in precast concrete who helped build the Alton West estate

Obituary: Margaret Finch (1925- 2021)

The architect combined utility and elegance with her post-war housing and school projects

Obituary: Asa Bruno 1971 – 2021

Fellow director and close associate of Ron Arad

William Mullins, 1926-2020, Sheppard Robson partner who helped bring modernism to Cambridge

His modern interpretation of the traditional Oxbridge morphology at Churchill College kickstarted a career as a mentor to younger architects

Robert Harbison 1940-2021, enthusiastic authority on the history of architecture

Renowned writer and teacher who found poetry in the everyday as well as grand designs

John Meagher, 1947-2021, who helped raise the profile of Irish architecture

Irish architect influenced by the great Nordic designers

Peter Lord, 1929-2021: from Warrington town plan to British Museum

Multi-talented architect committed to design from an early age

Brian Frost, 1939-2021, who worked at some of the 20th century’s most prominent practices

Veteran housing architect who also worked on No 1 Poultry and the British Library

Zeev Aram, 1931-2021, who made the British love modern furniture

Expert predicter of trends via his showroom window

Mary Vaughan Johnson

Mary Vaughan Johnson 1 December 1961 – 7 March 2021

Kingston University's sympathetic and inspiring head of school

'Summoned by buildings’: Trevor Dannatt, 1920-2021

Influential designer, teacher and writer

Obituary: Sam White, architectural bridge designer

Knight Architects director Martin Knight pays tribute to one of the practice's leading bridge designers

John Nelson Tarn: academic, committee man and Papal Award holder

John Nelson Tarn, 1934-2020, career academic with expertise in housing

George Henry Spiridion Tsiantar 1959-2020

Residential designer known as ‘the housewives’ choice’

Michael Aukett 1938 – 2020

Procter and Gamble HQ architect who was Stirling shortlisted

Anthony Paul Rossi, meticulous and erudite conservationist

Anthony Paul Rossi 1932 – 2020

John E Dangerfield, known for museums and galleries as well as military designs

John E Dangerfield, 1930 – 2020

Ian Campbell, 1925-2020, known for beautifully crafted, geometric designs

Corb and Aalto influences led to major awards

Gordon Frederick Taylor with his wife Barbara Newick, fashion designer.

Gordon Frederick Taylor, partner at Sheppard Robson during its most creative period

Award-winning designer of universities and Corb-influenced housing

Maxwell Clendinning 1924 – 2020

Architect, interior and furniture designer, and sculptor and artist

Ronald Weeks 1937 – 2020

Particularly known for the award winning Clifton Cathedral

Obituary Michael Sorkin (1948-2020)

Theorist, designer and outspoken voice of protest died from Covid-19

Obituary: Vittorio Gregotti 1927 – 2020

Covid-19 claims prolific designer, thinker and theorist

Paul Koralek, whose success was curtailed by the National Gallery controversy

ABK founder Paul Koralek, 1933-2020

Robert Millar Maxwell 1922 – 2020

Architect and academic whose career spanned 70 years

John Stiff, 1930-2019, architect and family man

Architect who advised his son against the profession – without success