Kristen Richards, founder of architecture online news source ArchNewsNow, has passed away at 69

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 ArchNewsNow (ANN) 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's husband shared with Fred A. Bernstein of the Architectural Record that the cause of her passing was due to cancer. 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 pass...

Kristen Richards, founder of architecture online news source ArchNewsNow, has passed away at 69

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 ArchNewsNow (ANN) 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's husband shared with Fred A. Bernstein of the Architectural Record that the cause of her passing was due to cancer.

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 pass...