My father, Nathan Silver, who has died aged 89, was a distinguished architect, educator and author. His most enduring contribution to architectural history was Lost New York (1967), which was nominated for a US National Book award. It became a cultural phenomenon and helped establish the framework for New York’s landmarks law (1965) and similar preservation efforts worldwide.
Nathan also co-authored Adhocism: The Case for Improvisation (1972) with Charles Jencks, and wrote several other influential texts on architecture, including The Making of Beaubourg: A Building Biography of the Centre Pompidou Paris (1994).
