Former Los Angeles Times architecture critic Christopher Hawthorne reflects on the influence of the author and activist, who died last week of esophageal cancer.
The late architect and former dean of Columbia GSAPP dedicated himself to public projects consistent with his politics, from the Rose Center for Earth and Space at New York’s Natural History Museum to the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock.
Feiner, who died last week at 75, oversaw the design for over 140 buildings and courthouses as chief architect of the U.S. General Services Administration.
Gunther, who died in May at the age of 65, was an advocate, curator, and executive at major New York City civic, architectural, and preservation organizations.