Death Impends 7,979 Posted May 16, 2019 Always did assume whenever this thread got bumped it surely meant Pei was dead. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 4,051 Posted May 16, 2019 46 minutes ago, Drewsky1211 said: I.M. Pei dead at 102. A really sad one, I pass before his pyramid in front of the louvre everyday, there’s a picture of him next to it and I was thinking just yesterday « how long will he survive ? ». Now I have the answer... RIP Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted May 16, 2019 It's the name the thread was created for, but hey, plenty of still living buildings designers and engineers are available. If you Louvre me now, you take away the IM Pei of me..... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,476 Posted May 16, 2019 29 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: If you Louvre me now, you take away the IM Pei of me..... Oooh. If there was a groan reaction, Willz... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted May 16, 2019 6 minutes ago, msc said: Oooh. If there was a groan reaction, Willz... I've been sitting on that line for years....ha! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,605 Posted May 16, 2019 38 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: It's the name the thread was created for, but hey, plenty of still living buildings designers and engineers are available. If you Louvre me now, you take away the IM Pei of me..... If Norman Foster is still around in 10 years once he turns 93 or so he might be someone who could make the main list. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,616 Posted May 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Drewsky1211 said: I.M. Pei dead at 102. My second hit of the year (so already better than last year). Persistence paid off; he'd been in my team since he was a mere 94. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,616 Posted May 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Drewsky1211 said: I.M. Pei dead at 102. My second hit of the year (so already better than last year). Persistence paid off; he'd been in my team since he was a mere 94. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted May 16, 2019 Pei'd off with the Guardian building up a picture of him: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/may/16/im-pei-architect-dead-at-102 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted July 12, 2019 Architect who designed the Birmingham Rotunda, the Ringway Centre Birmingham and St John's Beacon (now Radio City), Liverpool, Jim Roberts has died aged 97: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/obituary-birmingham-rotunda-architect-jim-roberts-dies-aged-97/10043599.article Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,754 Posted July 20, 2019 Cesar Pelli, the architect who designed the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur (once the tallest buildings in the world) and the World Financial Center in New York, has died at 92. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted October 3, 2019 Roger Taillibert, who designed Parc des Princes in Paris and Olympic Stadium in Montreal, has died. He was 93. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/roger-taillibert-who-designed-montreal-s-olympic-stadium-has-died-at-93-1.4622789 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,653 Posted November 12, 2019 Edward Cullinan dead on the Twittersphere. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted November 12, 2019 13 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: Edward Cullinan dead on the Twittersphere. And in the Architects Journal: https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/inspirational-ted-cullinan-dies-aged-88/10045216.article Interesting to note the Fountains Abbey Visitors' Centre was one of his, and runner up in the Stirling Prize for the Weald and Downland Gridshell. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,728 Posted February 21, 2020 Architect and urban planner Yona Friedman, who published the manifesto, "Mobile Architecture," in 1958 passed away at 96 years: https://www.archdaily.com/934231/yona-friedman-french-architect-and-urban-planner-passes-away-at-96 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted March 10, 2020 Ronald Weeks, architect involved in the design of Clifton Cathedral in Bristol, dead at 83: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/240048/weeks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted April 14, 2020 Death Notice for Victor Basil aged 86: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/240910/basil Probably best known work is co-designing the Mercure Liverpool Atlantic Tower Hotel, designed to resemble the prow of a ship to reflect Liverpool's maritime heritage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,940 Posted April 14, 2020 3 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Death Notice for Victor Basil aged 86: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/240910/basil Probably best known work is co-designing the Mercure Liverpool Atlantic Tower Hotel, designed to resemble the prow of a ship to reflect Liverpool's maritime heritage. Old Person dead. Stop press 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted April 14, 2020 1 minute ago, Deathray said: Old Person dead. Stop press Deathers weighs in. Stop press. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 17, 2020 Jaquelin T. Robertson, an elder statesman of American architecture, has died. He was 87. https://archinect.com/news/article/150197128/jaquelin-jaque-taylor-robertson-co-founder-of-cooper-robertson-has-passed-away Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 17, 2020 Paul Fortune, a renown British-born designer who relocated to Los Angeles in 1978 and was a sought after professional interior designer, has died. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/ad100-designer-paul-fortune-has-died 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted June 21, 2020 Richard Fleischman, an award-winning Cleveland architect and member of that city's International Hall of Fame, has died. He was 91. Fleischman co-founded the firm Conrad and Fleischman with Bill Conrad in 1961 and led the firm for 57 years. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/06/cleveland-architect-richard-fleischman-has-died-at-age-91.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
machotrouts 828 Posted June 21, 2020 48 minutes ago, alt obits guy said: Richard Fleischman, an award-winning Cleveland architect and member of that city's International Hall of Fame, has died. He was 91. Fleischman co-founded the firm Conrad and Fleischman with Bill Conrad in 1961 and led the firm for 57 years. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2020/06/cleveland-architect-richard-fleischman-has-died-at-age-91.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,054 Posted August 20, 2020 While we wait for Christopher Guy Harrison's Qobit, The Telegraph have run with the death of Northern Irish architect and designer Max Clendinning: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/08/20/max-clendinning-architect-designer-1960s-minimalist-furniture/ Best known as the designer of the Maxima Chair. Pour example: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,088 Posted September 2, 2020 Maybe one to look out for. 87 and retiring from the firm he founded. Bound to get an obit. 'Richard Rogers retires: Pompidou and Dome architect helped shape our cities'. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-53998251 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
