建筑新聞ArchNewsNow 創始人克里斯汀·理查茲去世，享年 69 歲

對于那些認識克里斯汀理查茲的人來說，她在建筑行業的存在是一個擁護建筑的個人的主要例子。作為著名的作家、編輯、攝影師和建筑倡導者，她負責創建ArchNewsNow (ANN)作為其聯合創始人和主編。雖然她將 ANN 的成功部分歸功于她丈夫、軟件工程師 George Yates 的合作努力，但 ANN 一直作為一個網站致力于提供“最全面的國際新聞、項目和建筑和設計領域的事件報道。 ” 今天早上理查茲的丈夫與建筑記錄的弗雷德 A.伯恩斯坦分享了她去世的原因是癌癥。

從 2002 年 2 月該平臺首次推出時起，Richards 將她的時間用于閱讀和收集來自各種 AEC 平臺的建筑新聞、項目和資源，以策劃 Bernstein 所描述的“每日快訊”。在得知她去世后，建筑界對理查茲和她的遺產表示悲傷和感激。?

Archinect 的創始人和出版商 Paul Petrunia 記得她是“一名建筑記者的記者。她每天致力于閱讀和審查大量文章的辛勤工作，與渴望但謙虛的建筑師和粉絲觀眾分享她的選擇和其他記者。在我于 1997 年推出 Archinect 幾年后，她于 2002 年創立了 ANN。當時我們是唯一的在線架構資源，我非常重視她對分離小麥和谷殼的持續追求。她對建筑話語的貢獻比大多數人意識到的要大。”?

今天早些時候，Architectural Record 分享了著名建筑評論家 Blair Kaim 的一段令人難忘的引述，這讓我們想起了理查茲對建筑媒體的影響和承諾。“說克里斯汀·理查茲改變了建筑世界的交流方式可能有點夸張，但影響不大。”?

她致力于讓所有人都可以訪問建筑媒體的無數時間出現在數字領域內外。朋友和同事在社交媒體上分享了他們對理查茲的回憶。她觸動了許多人的生活，尤其是那些從事設計寫作和批評的人。芝加哥作家兼編輯Anjulie Rao、記者兼作家Amanda Kolson Hurley和Paul Goldberger今天早些時候在 Twitter 上分享了他們的衷心想法。

理查茲工作的核心是向公眾分享和交流建筑。ANN 旨在成為一項免費服務，允許訂閱者通過理查茲策劃的時事通訊了解最新情況并獲得啟發。在《建筑記錄》向理查茲致敬時，他們將她的作品描述為“幾乎完全是無償的工作 [...] 愛的勞動”。作為作家和編輯，她在《室內設計》雜志和Oculus（AIA 紐約分會的季刊）等出版物中的貢獻超出了 ANN 。她還擔任過多個設計陪審團成員，并幫助編輯了幾本書，如Abby Suckle 和 William Singer 的《雞尾酒與對話：建筑設計對話》。

在她的一生中，理查茲獲得了多項榮譽和贊譽。她于 2008 年成為美國景觀設計師協會 (ASLA) 的名譽會員，并于 2011 年成為 AIA 的名譽會員。隨著 AEC 社區繼續悲痛和哀嘆，她輝煌的職業生涯理查茲的影響將繼續存在。?

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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' 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 passing, the architecture community expressed its sadness and gratitude towards Richards and her legacy.?

Paul Petrunia, founder and publisher of Archinect, remembered her as "an architecture journalist's journalist. She dedicated herself to the hard work of reading and vetting scores of articles each day, sharing her selections with an eager, yet modest, audience of architects, fans, and fellow journalists. She started ANN in 2002 just a few years after I launched Archinect in 1997. At that time we were the only online-only architecture resources, and I have tremendously valued her ongoing pursuit of separating the wheat from the chaff. Her contribution to architectural discourse was larger than most realize."?

A memorable quote from renowned architecture critic Blair Kaim shared by the Architectural Record earlier today reminds us of Richards' influence and commitment to architecture media. "It is perhaps an exaggeration to say that Kristen Richards has changed the way that the architectural world communicates, but not much of one."?

Image from ANN featuring Richards standing near column while on site. Image ? Paul French/Diamond Schmitt Architects, 2017

The countless hours she dedicated to making architecture media accessible to all were present in and out of the digital realm. Friends and colleagues took to social media to share their memories of Richards. She's touched the lives of many, specifically those within design writing and criticism. Chicago-based writer and editor Anjulie Rao, journalist and author Amanda Kolson Hurley, and Paul Goldberger shared their heartfelt thoughts on Twitter earlier today.

At the heart of Richards' work was sharing and communicating architecture to the public. ANN was designed to be a free service that allowed subscribers to stay informed and inspired through Richards' curated newsletters. Within the Architectural Record's tribute to Richards, they described her work as "almost entirely pro bono work [...] a labor of love." Her contributions as a writer and editor extended beyond ANN in publications like Interiors magazine and Oculus, the AIA New York chapter's quarterly journal. She's also served on several design juries and helped edit several books like Cocktails and Conversations: Dialogues on Architectural Design by Abby Suckle and William Singer.

In her lifetime Richards has received several honors and accolades. She became an honorary member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) in 2008 and an honorary member of the AIA in 2011. As the AEC community continues to grieve and lament her illustrious career Richards' impact will continue to live on.?