Design
Remembering Bing Thom, a Humanist Architect
The architect’s sense of humanism invigorated his urban designs, from Vancouver to Hong Kong to Washington, D.C.
Bing Thom, an architect who changed the fabric of Vancouver and whose sense of humanism invigorated the design profession, died on Tuesday at the age of 75. The Vancouver Sun reports that he suffered a sudden brain aneurysm.
His death came as a surprise to many. Thom was still at work, visiting Hong Kong to oversee ongoing projects there, when he passed. His vitality was evident in the way he made his work, even late in life. “Late in life” is not something that people would think to say about him.