In Memoriam | 4/23/25
Black and white portrait of David Childs

The architectural community and beyond mourn the passing of David M. Childs, FAIA, whose visionary leadership and design legacy quite literally shaped the New York City...

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In Memoriam | 3/20/25
Portrait of Ricardo Scofidio

The recent passing of Ricardo Scofidio, AIA, marks a profound loss for the architectural community, particularly in New York City, where his visionary work has left an...

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In Memoriam | 2/26/25
A white man with silver hair wearing glasses smiles at the camera. He wears a white collared shirt.

The AIA New York Chapter is truly saddened by the passing of Paul Angelo Bello, Sr., former Managing Partner of Atkinson Koven Feinberg (AKF). Bello passed away on...

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In Memoriam | 1/29/25
An older white man standing at the podium, speaking into a microphone.

The AIA New York Chapter is deeply saddened by the passing of Nathan Jerry Maltz, AIA, on November 20, 2024. Known always as Jerry, he joined AIA New York in 1968 and...

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In Memoriam | 1/17/24
Headshot of Chien Chung "Didi" Pei, AIA

Chien Chung Pei, AIA, passed away on December 12, 2023. Known as Didi to friends and colleagues, he was a member of AIA New York beginning in 1980, participating...

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In Memoriam | 10/11/23
Beverly Willis on stage accpeting the 2018 NYC Visionary Award at AIANY and the Center for Architecture's Heritage Ball at Chelsea Piers, Pier 60

Beverly Willis, FAIA, was a pioneering women's advocate and industry leader whose legacy lives on across the U.S. through architecture, urban planning, and...

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In Memoriam | 3/15/23
A. Eugene Kohn. Photo: KPF.

A. Eugene (Gene) Kohn, FAIA, RIBA, JIA, Founder of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, passed away on March 9, 2023 at the age of 92. Kohn was born in 1930 and raised in...

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In Memoriam | 3/15/23
Rafael Viñoly. Photo: © Román Viñoly.

Rafael Viñoly, FAIA, JIA, SCA, Int. FRIBA, Founder of the eponymous firm Rafael Viñoly Architects, passed away on Thursday, March 2 at the age of 78. Born in...

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In Memoriam | 2/15/23
Robert Geddes, FAIA. Image: Courtesy of David Geddes.

Robert Geddes, FAIA, former Dean of the Princeton University School of Architecture, has passed away on Monday, February 13 at age 99. Geddes was born in Philadelphia...

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In Memoriam | 9/21/22
James Polshek, FAIA. Photo: Michelle Leong.

James Stewart Polshek, FAIA, passed away on September 9, 2022 at 92. The founder of Polshek Partnership (the precursor to Ennead Architects) and winner of the AIA Gold...

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In Memoriam | 6/15/22
Eric Salitsky (1987-2022).

AIA New York and the Center for Architecture are deeply saddened by the loss of Eric Adam Salitsky, an architectural designer at ESKW/Architects and 2018 recipient of...

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In Memoriam | 1/26/22
Photo of Herbert Oppenheimer holding a mike at the Center for Architecture.

Herbert Oppenheimer, FAIA, former president of AIA New York and an active member of the NYC architecture community, passed away on December 29, 2021, in New York City....

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In Memoriam | 7/7/21
Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA (1952-2021), at the AIA New York Board Inaugural in 2016. Photo: Courtesy of Center for Architecture.

It is with the heaviest of hearts that we bid farewell to Kristen Richards, Hon. AIA, Hon. ASLA, creator of ArchNewsNow, former editor-in-chief of Oculus magazine, and a...

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In Memoriam | 5/10/21
Art Gensler. Photo: Emily Hagopian.

Art Gensler, who propelled a small practice into one of the largest firms in the industry, passed away peacefully at his home in Mill Valley, California at the age of...

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In Memoriam | 11/23/20
Susanne Milne. Photo: Courtesy of 1100 Architect.

It is with deep sorrow that we inform our membership of the passing of Susanne Milne, MAA, on November 23, 2020, following a fearless battle with melanoma. Milne was a...

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In Memoriam | 8/24/20
Gerald Hines. Image courtesy of USGBC.

AIANY is saddened by the loss of Gerald D. Hines, the Houston-based developer and namesake donor of the Center for Architecture's Hines Gallery. Hines, referred to in...

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In Memoriam | 5/29/20
Nancy Ai-Tseng Miao Twitchell, FAIA (1928-2020)

Nancy Ai-Tseng Miao Twitchell, FAIA, passed away at the age of 92 on May 29, 2020. A graduate of Harvard GSD, she was one of the earliest women architects to be elected...

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In Memoriam | 5/9/20
Jaque T. Robertson, FAIA (1933-2020)

AIA New York regrets to inform our membership of the passing of architect and urban designer Jaquelin “Jaque" Taylor Robertson, FAIA, at the age of 87 on May 9,...

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In Memoriam | 4/27/20
M. Arthur Gensler Jr., FAIA, FIIDA, RIBA (1935-2021)

Robert E. Markinson. AIA, was an architect with the NYC Department of Design and Construction, serving as Administrative Architect in the capacity of Senior Technical...

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In Memoriam | 4/13/20
Bill Menking (1947-2020)

William Menking, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Architect’s Newspaper, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2020. Menking was also an architectural historian, a...

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