Obituaries
“Fierce and brilliant” architect and critic Michael Sorkin dies of coronavirus
Italian architect Vittorio Gregotti dies of coronavirus
Philosopher and architecture writer Roger Scruton dies aged 75
Blade Runner designer Syd Mead dies aged 86
SCI-Arc founding director and “unparalleled” architect Ray Kappe dies aged 92
RIBA Royal Gold Medal winner Ted Cullinan dies aged 88
Dutch typographer and graphic designer Wim Crouwel dies at 90
Biodynamic design pioneer Luigi Colani dies aged 91
Philip Freelon, “the most significant African American architect in recent history”, dies aged 66
Pierre Keller, former director of Ecal and an “extraordinary force of nature”, dies aged 74
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Kevin Roche dies aged 96
Fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld dies
Henry Cobb “one of the great architects of our time” dies aged 93
Superstudio co-founder and radical architect Adolfo Natalini dies at 78
Remembering the great architects and designers we lost in 2019
British album cover designer Vaughan Oliver dies at 62
German industrial designer and “poet of light” Ingo Maurer dies aged 87
Architect, critic and Maggie’s Centres co-founder Charles Jencks dies at 80
Superstudio co-founder Cristiano Toraldo di Francia dies aged 78
César Pelli, architect of Petronas Towers and Salesforce Tower, dies aged 92
Stanley Tigerman “giant of our time” dies aged 88
IM Pei dies aged 102
Italian designer and theorist Alessandro Mendini dies
