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. More
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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. More
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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. More
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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. More
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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. More
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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. More
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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. More
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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. More
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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. More
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"Marcus Fairs was undoubtedly one of the design world's pre-eminent power brokers"
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.
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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. More
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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. More
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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. More
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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. More
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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. More
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Architect Chris Wilkinson dies aged 76
British architect and artist Chris Wilkinson, co-founder of the RIBA Stirling Prize-winning studio WilkinsonEyre, has passed away at the age of 76. More
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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. More
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"The great transformer of Barcelona" architect Oriol Bohigas dies aged 95
Oriol Bohigas, the Catalan architect behind the modernisation of Barcelona, has died at the age of 95. More
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Off-White founder Virgil Abloh dies aged 41
Fashion designer Virgil Abloh, who was the founder of brand Off-White and artistic director of Louis Vuitton's menswear collection, has died aged 41. More
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Brutalist architect Owen Luder dies aged 93
Owen Luder, the British architect behind brutalist buildings including the Trinity Square car park and Tricorn Centre, has died at the age of 93. More
