Obituary Archives - The Architect’s Newspaper https://www.archpaper.com/category/type/obit/ The most authoritative voice on architecture and design in the United States. Wed, 15 May 2024 02:47:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, “California cool” design visionary, dies at 95 https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/barbara-stauffacher-solomon-dies/ Thu, 09 May 2024 17:53:38 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375829 Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, the heralded landscape architect and graphic designer, died at her home in San Francisco on May 7 at age 95. News of her passing was confirmed by

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Frank Stella, an artist who brought painting into architecture, dies at 87 https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/frank-stella-artist-painting-architecture-dies-87/ Mon, 06 May 2024 20:50:26 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375533 The artist Frank Stella died at his home in Manhattan this weekend on May 4 at age 87. News of his passing was confirmed by his wife, Dr. Harriet E.

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Paul Auster, who chronicled New York on the page and on screen, dies at 77 https://www.archpaper.com/2024/05/paul-auster-chronicled-new-york-page-screen-dies-77/ Wed, 01 May 2024 18:39:42 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=375311 Paul Benjamin Auster died on May 1 in Brooklyn at the age of 77. His death was due to complications from lung cancer and confirmed by Jacki Lyden, a close

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Renowned rebellious designer and architect Gaetano Pesce dies at 84 https://www.archpaper.com/2024/04/renowned-rebellious-designer-and-architect-gaetano-pesce-dies-at-84/ Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:43:27 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=373878 A leader of Italy’s Radical Design Movement, architect, designer, and urban planner Gaetano Pesce passed away on April 3 at the age of 84. On April 4, the news was confirmed

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Richard Serra, an artist who shaped space with steel, dies at 85 https://www.archpaper.com/2024/03/richard-serra-an-artist-who-shaped-space-with-steel-dies-at-85/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 02:58:49 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=373374 Richard Serra died on Tuesday, March 26, at his Long Island home in Orient, New York, at age 85. News of the canonical sculptor’s passing was confirmed to The New

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New York architect Jeffrey Beers dies at 67 https://www.archpaper.com/2024/03/new-york-architect-jeffrey-beers-dies-67/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:12:55 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=373155 Jeffrey Beers, founder and CEO of Jeffrey Beers International (JBI), died on March 18 after a long battle with cancer, age 67. Beers is remembered for designing several of New York’s

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José Oubrerie, French architect, professor, and Le Corbusier protégé, dies at 91 https://www.archpaper.com/2024/03/jose-oubrerie-french-architect-professor-and-le-corbusier-protege-dies-at-91/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 19:59:40 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=372663 French architect, professor, and scholar José Oubrerie died on March 10, age 91. Oubrerie was famously known as one of Le Corbusier’s closest protégés who completed Église Saint-Pierre in Firminy,

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Fashion icon, interior designer, and furniture maker Iris Apfel dies at 102 https://www.archpaper.com/2024/03/fashion-icon-interior-designer-furniture-maker-iris-apfel-dies/ Tue, 05 Mar 2024 17:44:42 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=372373 Iris Apfel, the fashion icon who got her start as an interior designer, died on March 1 at her home in Palm Beach, Florida. Apfel’s passing was confirmed by Lori

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Architect, writer, and professor Antoine Predock dies at 87 https://www.archpaper.com/2024/03/antoine-predock-architect-writer-professor-dies-87/ Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:07:06 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=372322 World-renowned architect, writer, and professor Antoine Predock died this past weekend in New Mexico. He was 87. News of his passing was confirmed by a family friend and later reported by

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Marsha Ann Maytum, founding principal of Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects and design justice advocate, dies at 69 https://www.archpaper.com/2024/02/marsha-ann-maytum-leddy-maytum-stacy-architects-dies/ Tue, 13 Feb 2024 18:05:02 +0000 https://www.archpaper.com/?p=371309 Marsha Ann Maytum, founding principal of Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects (LMSA), died on February 10 in San Francisco, age 69. Maytum is remembered for her work as an architect, and

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