2024-05-02T20:07:03-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150272235/kristen-richards-founder-of-architecture-online-news-source-archnewsnow-has-passed-away-at-69 Katherine Guimapang 2021-07-02T17:29:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/95/95faf42a9ea88bad5a3ea445ffa50891.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>For those who knew Kristen Richards, her presence within the architecture industry was a primary example of an individual who championed architecture. As a renowned writer, editor, photographer, and architecture advocate, she's responsible for creating <a href="http://www.archnewsnow.com/aboutus.html" target="_blank">ArchNewsNow (ANN)</a> as its Co-founder and Editor-in-Chief. While she's attributed part of ANN's success to the collaborative efforts of her husband, software engineer George Yates, ANN has served as a website dedicated to delivering "the most comprehensive coverage of international news, projects, and events in the world of architecture and design." This morning Richards' husband <a href="https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15218-tribute-kristen-richards-19522021" target="_blank">shared with Fred A. Bernstein of the Architectural Record</a> that the cause of her passing was due to cancer. </p> <p>From February 2002, when the platform first launched, Richards dedicated her time reading and collecting architecture news, projects, and resources from various AEC platforms to curate a "daily dispatch" described by Bernstein. After learning of her passi...</p>