2024-11-21T11:25:42-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150305189/kevin-lippert-influential-princeton-architectural-press-founder-has-passed-away-aged-63 Josh Niland 2022-04-01T18:37:00-04:00 >2022-04-04T13:34:28-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9d/9d47fcc8b0aba74c11046abe3910aad8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The architecture and publishing worlds have lost an icon after news broke yesterday about the passing of legendary <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/164463/princeton-architectural-press" target="_blank">Princeton Architectural Press</a> founder Kevin Lippert on March 29th following a long battle with cancer.</p> <p>Lippert founded the Press while still a student at the <a href="https://archinect.com/princetonsoa" target="_blank">Princeton University School of Architecture </a>in 1981. He was instrumental in publishing <a href="https://archinect.com/stevenholl" target="_blank">Steven Holl</a>&rsquo;s seminal 1989 manifesto <em>Anchoring</em>, which launched the architect&rsquo;s name into the mainstream and continues to be considered one of the most fundamental design texts of the past half-century.</p> Very sorry to hear about the death of Kevin Lippert, founder of Princeton Architectural Press. Though I did not work with Kevin directly on the two books I did with PAP, his impact on those projects was clearly felt. <a href="https://t.co/HTJauCCKvl" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/HTJauCCKvl</a><br>&mdash; Blair Kamin (@BlairKamin) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlairKamin/status/1509313725655887880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 30, 2022</a> <p><br>His direction led the development of the once small company into a relative giant in the world of commercial book publishing, expanding several time...</p>