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Remembering the great architects and designers we lost in 2021
As part of our ongoing 2021 review, Dezeen remembers the architects and designers who passed away this year, including designer Virgil Abloh and architects Helmut Jahn and Art Gensler. Other legends...
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Architect Chris Wilkinson dies aged 76
Breaking news: British architect and artist Chris Wilkinson, co-founder of the RIBA Stirling Prize-winning studio WilkinsonEyre, has passed away at the age of 76. The news of his death on 14 December...
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Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Rogers dies aged 88
High-tech architecture pioneer Richard Rogers, who designed the Centre Pompidou and Lloyd's building, has passed away aged 88. British-Italian architect Rogers, one of the world's best-known...
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British engineer Max Fordham dies aged 88
Max Fordham, a British engineer and "pioneer of sustainable building design", has passed away at the age of 88. The news of Fordham's death on 4 January was announced yesterday by his eponymous...
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Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill dies aged 82
Ricardo Bofill, the Spanish architect behind the Walden 7 apartment building in Catalonia, has passed away at the age of 82. The news of Bofill's death today was announced by his studio Ricardo Bofill...
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Japanese-American architect Gyo Obata dies aged 99
Gyo Obata, co-founder of the St Louis-based architecture firm HOK, has passed away at the age of 99. The news of Obata's death on 8 March 2022 was announced by HOK, which shared a retrospective of his...
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Architect and former RIBA president Marco Goldschmied dies aged 78
British architect Marco Goldschmied, a founding partner of the Richard Rogers Partnership and former RIBA president, has lost his battle with lung cancer. Goldschmied, 78, was also co-founder of the...
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"Marcus Fairs was undoubtedly one of the design world's pre-eminent power...
Marcus Fairs, who passed away late last month, changed the way we consume design news, writes Justin McGuirk in this obituary for Dezeen's founder and former editor-in-chief. Marcus Fairs 27 November...
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Ugandan architect Doreen Adengo dies aged 45
Doreen Adengo, founder of Ugandan architecture firm Adengo Architecture, has passed away following a long-term illness at the age of 45. Adengo, who founded her studio Adengo Architecture in 2005, died...
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Japanese designer Issey Miyake dies aged 84
Japanese designer Issey Miyake, founder of his eponymous fashion brand, has died in Tokyo aged 84 following a battle with liver cancer. Miyake, who founded his design studio in 1970, died on 5 August....
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British illustrator Raymond Briggs dies aged 88
Raymond Briggs, the British illustrator best known for creating the popular children's picture book The Snowman, has passed away at the age of 88. The news of the artist's death on 9 August was...
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Belgian architect Lucien Kroll dies at 95
Architect Lucien Kroll, who was known for his participatory and collaborative architecture, has passed away at the age of 95. Kroll died in Brussels, Belgium, while out walking on 2 August, reported...
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British architect Diane Haigh dies aged 73
Architect, educator and former Allies and Morrison director Diane Haigh, who led projects including the refurbishment of London's Royal Festival Hall, has died aged 73. Haigh passed away unexpectedly...
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High-tech structural engineer Tony Hunt dies aged 90
High-tech pioneer Tony Hunt, who engineered buildings including the Sainsbury Centre, Waterloo station and Hopkins House, has passed away aged 90. Hunt, who worked with high-tech architects Norman...
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Canadian architect Jack Diamond dies aged 89
Architect Jack Diamond, who co-founded Diamond Schmitt Architects and whose designs include the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, has died aged 89. Diamond, who was was born in...
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Brazilian designer Fernando Campana dies aged 61
Brazilian designer Fernando Campana of design duo the Campana Brothers has passed away in São Paulo at the age of 61. Fernando Campana, who was also an architect, died on 16 November, according to his...
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Factory Fifteen founder Jonathan Gales dies aged 36
Jonathan Gales, co-founder of British film and animation studio Factory Fifteen, has died following a car accident. Gales, a creative director behind the BBC's BAFTA-winning trailer for the Tokyo 2020...
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Remembering the design world greats we lost in 2022
As the end of 2022 draws near, our review of the year pays tribute to the architects, designers and industry figures we lost in the past 12 months, including Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, Japanese...
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Punk fashion designer Vivienne Westwood dies aged 81
English fashion designer and activist Vivienne Westwood, who was central to defining the aesthetic of the punk era, has passed away aged 81. Westwood came to prominence as a key figure in the punk...
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Pritzker Prize-winning architect Arata Isozaki dies aged 91
Japanese architect Arata Isozaki, who was one of the country's most influential post-war architects, has passed away aged 91. Isozaki, who was responsible for over 100 buildings in his six-decade-long...
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