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a salt-shaped building in manhattan
Making the Ordinary Extraordinary

Michael Friedlander, longtime NYC Sanitation Department architect, dies at 63

exterior of a gilded age mansion in chicago
1942-2021

Chicago historic preservation champion Richard Driehaus dies at age 78

Photo of the advaney house design by hugh newell jacobsen
1929–2021

Modernist maestro Hugh Newell Jacobsen passes away at 91

Black and white photo of james nagle against the chicago skyline
RIP

James Nagle, one of the influential Chicago Seven, passes away at 83

b&w of the twin towers
1928–2021

Leslie E. Robertson, structural engineer of the World Trade Center, passes away at 92

paige rense, center, an older woman at a cocktail party
1929 - 2021

Paige Rense, who expanded Architectural Digest internationally, dies at 91

ernesto gismondi amid a selection of colorful lights
1931 - 2020

Ernesto Gismondi, founder of Artemide, passes away at 89

RIP

Jack Lenor Larsen, textile designer and founder of Long Island’s LongHouse Reserve, dies at 93

WIlliam menking, who passed away in 2020
In Memoriam

Remembering those we lost in 2020

portrait of landscape architect carol r. johnson
An Indelible Legacy

Pioneering landscape architect Carol R. Johnson passes away at 91

Photo of models of Kuldip Singh buildings
RIP

Kuldip Singh, legendary Indian architect, dies at age 86

An older man in front of an architecture model, bruce abbey
RIP

Bruce James Abbey, former dean of the Syracuse University School of Architecture, dies at 77

William Katavolos, an older white man, below a dome
RIP

William Katavolos, visionary architect and Pratt Institute faculty member, dies at 96

Enzo Mari, an older gentleman, in conversation
Another Lost

Italian design legend Enzo Mari dies, a day before his wife, Lea Vergine

Deborah Dietsch, a woman in front of a fountain
RIP

Writer and longtime Architecture Magazine editor Deborah Dietsch dies at 68

Black and white photo of four men, the far left being George Kostritsky
RIP

George Kostritsky, the K in RTKL, dies of coronavirus at 98

B&W portrait of Jack Portman
1948–2020

Architect John C. “Jack” Portman III dies at 71

photo of two Bill McMinn
Remembering A Great

Noted educator and architect William “Bill” McMinn passes away at 89

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