Max Fordham, a British engineer and "pioneer of sustainable building design", has passed away at the age of 88.
The news of Fordham's death on 4 January was announced yesterday by his eponymous engineering firm, Max Fordham LLP.
"Max's creativity and passion will be sorely missed," the studio said. "The legacy of his vision will continue to inspire. Our thoughts are with all of his family at this difficult time."
Top image: engineer Max Fordham has passed away at the age of 88. Above: he was an engineer behind Neave Brown's Alexandra Road Estate. Photo is by Jonframe1 via Wikimedia Commons
Fordham founded the building services firm Max Fordham & Partners with his late wife Thalia 'Taddy' Fordham in 1966. It transitioned into Max Fordham LLP in 2001. The firm, which employs over 250 people, was the first business in the British construction industry to become a Limited Liability Partnership. Today it is co-owned by 119 partners.
According to the practice, Fordham's work prioritised creativity and "ensuring human comfort by giving buildings heat, power, water and ventilation in a sustainable and elegant way".
"Max was an acclaimed engineer and pioneer of sustainable building design," it said.
"?He resisted pigeonholing into the conventional boxes of mechanical or electrical engineering, and was always interested in the whole building," the studio added. "He took a creative, but essentially practical, approac...