We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Joseph Rykwert, world-renowned architectural historian and critic, and a profoundly important part of the AA. Rykwert was an AA Member for 80 years since the age of 18, and having spent time at the AA as a student between 1944 and 1947, he remained a close figure throughout his long career as a historian, educator, and external lecturer and examiner. He remained active and involved in architectural conversation, and continued to advise a number of AA students with their thesis projects until very recently.

An obituary has been written by Catherine Slessor on the Architects’ Journal. Read more.

Further tributes will be published on our obituary page soon.