# OBITUARY SECTION: Architects Who've Passed: Tributes & Remembrances
**URL:** https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542
**Category:** Discussion Topic
**Created:** [March 9, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542 "2023-03-09T20:50:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@BA178](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/BA178)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/21 "2025-11-27T18:09:37Z")
Rest in peace to one of the greats. His work leaves a splendid legacy.
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### Author:  [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)
#### Post date: [November 27, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/22 "2025-11-27T18:36:47Z")
A horrible day for architecture.
I haven’t felt this empty inside since Zaha Hadid died.
Thanksgiving is ruined.
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### Author:  [@chused](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/chused)
#### Post date: [November 28, 2025, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/23 "2025-11-28T22:17:52Z")
Stern was a great one. 15 CPW really got him rolling (though he had a lot of earlier wonderful buildings) and he never stopped. His buildings will leave an indelible mark on the development of a new architectural style in the city.
Richard
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### Author:  [@yesinmybackyard](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/yesinmybackyard)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/24 "2025-12-05T20:02:46Z")
gehry, damn
[https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/arts/design/frank-gehry-dead.html?unlocked\_article\_code=1.6U8.KopJ.VZIGFWJDmH4g&smid=nytcore-android-share](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/arts/design/frank-gehry-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6U8.KopJ.VZIGFWJDmH4g&smid=nytcore-android-share)
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### Author:  [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/25 "2025-12-05T21:14:03Z")
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### Author:  [@Dior](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Dior)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/26 "2025-12-06T17:40:32Z")
they dropping like flies now rip
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### Author:  [@5Bfilms](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/5Bfilms)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/27 "2025-12-06T22:54:05Z")
RIP Robert A.M. Stern
[https://www.instagram.com/p/DR-B\_ZujljU/?utm\_source=ig\_web\_copy\_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==](https://www.instagram.com/p/DR-B_ZujljU/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)
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### Author:  [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/28 "2026-01-30T17:02:39Z")
> **[John H. Beyer, founding partner of Beyer Blinder Belle, dies at 92](https://www.archpaper.com/2026/01/john-h-beyer-obituary/)**
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> John H. Beyer, founding partner of Beyer Blinder Belle (BBB), has died at the age of 93. Beyer’s commitment to historic preservation is exemplified in so many BBB projects.
He was a good man and an excellent architect.
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### Author:  [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)
#### Post date: [February 6, 2026, 3:00am UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/29 "2026-02-06T03:00:07Z")
> **[Architect Liu Thai Ker, Singapore’s first master planner, dies at 87](https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/architect-liu-thai-ker-singapores-first-master-planner-dies-at-87)**
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> Dr. Liu Thai Ker, Singapore's first master planner and a key figure in shaping its modern landscape, has died at 87. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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### Author:  [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2026, 2:23pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/30 "2026-03-23T14:23:16Z")
[The Death of the Stararchitect - Architect Magazine](https://www.architectmagazine.com/design/architecture-without-architects/)
> My current students have never heard of Bjarke Ingels, Liz Diller, or Norman Foster. Pressed to name an architect practicing today they admire, they shrug. In fact, the only modern or contemporary architects they have heard of are Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid, and Santiago Calatrava (but only because of the Oculus in New York) –and two of those are deceased.
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> After decades of moaning and groaning about so-called “starchitecture” as the bane of the profession, we now seem to be entering into a new era in which names do not matter and there are no idols. Is that a good thing?
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### Author:  [@NeverForgiveAction](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/NeverForgiveAction)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2026, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/31 "2026-03-23T16:01:44Z")
I’m skeptical of how universal your anecdote is.
A certain percentage of architecture career path students have always been the “well I’m good at math so maybe I’ll try architecture” person. Maybe you just have a lot more of those students this year. Then you’re always going to have a much smaller percentage of students that are the passionate knowledgeable types that have been building, drawing and geeking out on architecture and urbanism since they were little kids and who’s knowledge rival their instructors right out of the gate. Those are much rarer. They also congregate on forums like this one.
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### Author:  [@Waymond\_Womano](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Waymond_Womano)
#### Post date: [March 23, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/32 "2026-03-23T18:56:42Z")
I am not an architecture professor. I was just sharing for discussion purposes. Here is another view:
> **[If “starchitecture” is truly dead, we should dance on its grave](https://www.archpaper.com/2026/03/starchitecture-dead/)**
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> Anne Barrett responds to an op-ed by Aaron Betzky about starchitecture. She argues that as a female architect who started working in the late 1990s, she finds the cult of male genius infuriating.
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### Author:  [@colrain](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/colrain)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/33 "2026-04-28T14:16:44Z")
Stern’s apartment [181 East 65th Street #6B](https://streeteasy.com/building/the-chatham) at the Chatham for sale:
[ ](https://photos.zillowstatic.com/fp/5104cf6e3502ee6ba877624b2c519e18-se_extra_large_1500_800.webp)
[ ](https://photos.zillowstatic.com/fp/35ae90354edb1c641c5019e5456120a7-se_extra_large_1500_800.webp)
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### Author:  [@Dior](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Dior)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2026, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/34 "2026-04-28T14:54:21Z")
what a lovely layout too
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### Author:  [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/35 "2026-04-29T13:50:04Z")
Just me but that dressing room makes a trek to the bathroom.
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### Author:  [@Dior](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/Dior)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/36 "2026-04-29T15:02:42Z")
its a few extra steps bra
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### Author:  [@colrain](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/colrain)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/37 "2026-04-29T16:19:21Z")
It’s an efficient apartment. That dressing room is a buffer zone for noise, moisture, and odor. Great private and public separation and great light. Nice to also see a kitchen that can be closed off.
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### Author:  [@BK1985](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/BK1985)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/38 "2026-04-29T16:26:22Z")
Great apartment but still overpriced. They are trying to make a buck off of his name here.
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### Author:  [@stache](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/stache)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 6:59pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/39 "2026-04-29T18:59:21Z")
Can be crucial in an emergency. Been there -
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### Author:  [@infoshare](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/u/infoshare)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.newyorkyimby.com/t/obituary-section-architects-whove-passed-tributes-remembrances/22542/40 "2026-04-29T19:20:15Z")
> [@colrain](#):
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> Nice to also see a kitchen that can be closed off.
I never understood the popularity with the “open plan” concept; the kitchen in your living room concept. 😬 There are appliances, food products, pots/pans, and more all on view from the Living Room sofa - not nice. No to mention all the cooking odors that can otherwise be contained in a closed-off separate room kitchen. Someone: make it make sense. 😸
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