Lance Hosey Obituary – Death: Lance Hosey, a highly decorated architect, creative author and public speaker, passed away late last month on August 27. Hosey was 56 years old. The cause of death has not been revealed.
Seeing the outpouring of tributes to @LanceHosey these past 48hrs is heartwarming. Being in his presence always brought out the best in others. When anyone just thru conversation obliges you to bring your A game, that’s someone worth knowing. Rest easy.
— Justin R. Wolf (@justinrwolf) September 2, 2021
In June 2020, Hosey joined Los Angeles-based HMC Architects as the firm’s Director of Impact. He also served as Director, Design Director, and Co-Director of Design Resilience at Gensler and as Director of Sustainability for RTLK Associates and Perkins Eastman.
Joining with countless others in mourning the loss of @LanceHosey, a dear friend I was privileged to know. He was a visionary architect and brilliant thinker with a heart of gold. #Architect pic.twitter.com/rXCevWD49g
— David Goldsmith (@dsgold) September 2, 2021
He worked closely with the architect Cradle to Cradle for over a decade and the pioneer William McDonough as director of the McDonough firm of the same name.
A short obit for Lance Hosey who changed the way we think about sustainable design, and was a huge influence on the way I write and teach. With help from @ericcoreyfreed pic.twitter.com/V13dHyA3j0
— Lloyd Alter (@lloydalter) September 2, 2021
very sad to hear of Lance Hosey’s passing. I didn’t know him personally but he took my work seriously enough to argue against it, mad respect to him and condolences to his loved ones
— marianela d’aprile (@maridapr) September 3, 2021
Beautiful words Eric.
My take away from @LanceHosey life was that beauty is a pre-condition to sustainably.
— Matt Grocoff (@mattgrocoff) September 3, 2021
We lost a profound voice in the field of sustainable design last week. Lance Hosey’s belief that beautiful buildings and sustainable buildings should be one and the same changed the design industry for the better. We will miss him dearly.
— Lake|Flato Architects (@LakeFlato) September 3, 2021
This is sad news. We used this quote from Lance Hosey in the original proposal pack for Veridian: “Sustainability should have style, not become a style.”
Beauty is a pre-condition to sustainability. World is more beautiful having hosted life of Lance Hosey. He’ll be missed.
— Veridian@CountyFarm (@VeridianLiving) September 3, 2021