On Tuesday, the legendary Karl Lagerfeld passed away in Paris at age 85. One of the most recognized names in fashion, Mr. Lagerfeld, as the creative force behind Chanel, helped revive the brand into the luxury powerhouse it is today through his many reinterpretations of the house's iconic bouclé tweed that drew inspiration from everything from hip-hop to California surfer chicks, to even his pet cat. 

Lagerfeld's reach extended well beyond high-end fashion too. The German designer was a man of many parts, working as a photographer, a director, a curator, an interior decorator, and a furniture designer. Through his many endeavors, Lagerfeld's work often touched on the realm of architecture, whether through collaborations with architects such as Zaha Hadid—who joined forces with the fashion label in 2008 to design the Chanel Mobile Art Pavilion. Or, through his photo books documenting various feats of architecture, such as his series, Modern Italian Architecture, which artfully captured a 1937 villa in Capri and an experimental home designed by Perugini in 1967. 

With his fashion labels, Lagerfeld was known for his elaborate sets, creating breathtaking runway shows that combined fashion, art and architecture. For Chanel's Spring-Summer 2016 collection, his runway placed a minimalist wooden house in a Zen garden in Paris. In 2012, he teamed with Zaha Hadid once again to create an underwater world complete with mermaids, seashells, and sea creatures. In Autumn 2010, Lagerfeld worked with Olafur Eliasson to install glaciers made from 240 tons of Scandinavian ice. 

As the creative director of Fendi, a label he has worked with since 1965, Lagerfeld was present during the fashion house's takeover of Mussolini's Palazzo della Civiltá Italiania, which became their headquarters in 2015. On the ground floor, black and white photographs taken by Lagerfeld of the building's iconic exterior decorate the space. 

More recently, the designer tried his hand at sculpture with an exhibition at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris that was on display from October through December of last year. Titled Architectures, the show featured a range of furniture that was inspired by ancient Greco-Roman design and made from slabs of marble. Extending his interior design talents, Lagerfeld also worked with Culture in Architecture—a design studio based in Beirut and Paris—on the renovation of Paris's Hotel de Crillon, for which he designed two of the hotel's most prestigious suites. 

Though Lagerfeld will be remembered as a fashion icon, his creative energy, penchant for flamboyance, and knack for reinvention crossed many fields. Throughout his decades-long career, the legendary designer fused fashion and architecture, demonstrating the artistic endeavors to be one and the same. "We need houses as we need clothes," said Lagerfeld. "Architecture stimulates fashion. It's like hunger and thirst—you need them both."