Geoffrey Hutton, author of A future for stone in 1980 for the DoE and A future for stone in Scotland in 1997 for the Scottish Executive, has died. He was 78.

The stone publications were just two of a long list of technical papers and reports on construction and heritage that won him recognition and many awards. He was also heavily involved in the investigation of the latent defects environmental approach to the control of decay in buildings adopted by English Heritage.

The Senior Partner of Hutton & Rostron, Geoffrey Hutton DipArch (Dist) ARIBA, FRSA was born in 1931. He attended the Hull School of Architecture, and even at that stage gained recognition by being awarded the William Hoffman Wood Travel Scholarship and gaining a Diploma with Distinction.

There was a Service of Thanksgiving for Geoffrey’s life on 2 February at St James’ Church, Shere.