Renowned architectural critic and historian Joseph Rykwert passes away aged 98

2024-11-08T10:01:00-05:00

British architectural historian Joseph Rykwert has died. The influential academic and writer who was considered to be a leading critical voice of his generation, taking aim at the banality of modernism and its encroachments on the urban sphere, lived to be 98 according to his New York Times obituary.

Rykwert was the 2014 RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture winner and author of more than a dozen texts on architecture and design. He also enjoyed a long and successful tenure as the Paul Philippe Cret Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design. His death follows the passing of colleagues Anthony Vidler and Jean-Louis Cohen last year.

Architectural historian Joseph Rykwert receives 2014 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture

2013-09-19T15:32:00-04:00

The Royal Institute of British Architects has announced celebrated architectural critic, historian and writer Joseph Rykwert as the recipient of the 2014 Royal Gold Medal.

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Renowned architectural critic and historian Joseph Rykwert​​ passes away aged 98

Architectural historian Joseph Rykwert receives 2014 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture

Renowned architectural critic and historian Joseph Rykwert passes away aged 98