The Room Where My Father Died Changed How I See Architecture

The Room Where My Father Died Changed How I See Architecture

The author's father died in this chair in St. Michael’s Parish, Barbados in 2007. —Michael P. MurphyIn 2007, my father was dying in Bridgetown, Barbados from intestinal cancer. Dying in Barbados was long a part of his plan; though he lived in Poughkeepsie, NY, my father wanted to be somewhere beautiful in the company of my mother and his closest friends.After an arduous plane ride from New York City, with the oxygen tank on the seat next to him,…