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Léonie Geisendorf
Geisendorf, c. 1965
Born

Léonie Kaplan


(1914-04-08)8 April 1914
Died17 March 2016(2016-03-17) (aged 101)
Alma materEidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
OccupationArchitect
DesignVilla Delin (1970)
St. Görans Gymnasium (1961)

Léonie Geisendorf, née Kaplan (8 April 1914 – 17 March 2016), was a Polish-born, Swedish architect.[1] She lived most of her professional life in Stockholm, Sweden. At the time of her death, she was living in Paris, France. [2] [3]

Education and career[edit]

Born in Łódź, Poland, she studied architecture at Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich followed by an internship with Le Corbusier, who became a source of inspiration and a mentor. In 1938, after her internship, Geisendorf moved to Sweden and was hired by architects Sven Ivar Lind (1902-1980) and Paul Hedqvist (1895-1977). Counting as her first own work is a proposal for a new office building, drawn together with Ralph Erskine and Curt Laudon (1906-1964). [4][5]

In 1940, she married Swiss architect Charles-Edouard Geisendorf (1913-1985). In 1950 Geisendorf and her husband started their own architectural firm, L. & C. E. Geisendorf, in Stockholm with a branch in Zurich. Together they designed both private and public work. Notable works include Villa Ranängen at Djursholm (1950-1951), Villa Delin (1966) and St. Görans Gymnasium, (1970). [6] [7] [8]

Images[edit]

Images, buildings[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "KulturNav, Geisendorf, Léonie (1914 - )". KulturNav.org. The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design. 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
  • ^ "Léonie Geisendorf (1914-2016)". Matters of Taste. 13 March 2017. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  • ^ Charlie Gullström. "Léonie Geisendorf har avlidit". Sveriges Arkitekter. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  • ^ Helge Zimdal. "Sven Ivar H Lind". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  • ^ "Paul Hedqvist". Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  • ^ "Nu var det 1914: Arkitekten Léonie Geisendorf 100 år" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  • ^ "Laudon, Curt (1906-1964)". KulturNav. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  • ^ Elisabeth Ellenberger. "Geisendorf, Charles-Edouard". Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  • Sources[edit]

    Geisendorf, Léonie; Gullström Charlie (1990). Arkitektur. Stockholm: Byggförlaget. Libris 7678723. ISBN 91-7988-019-3

    Daniel A. Walser, Léonie Geisendorf (1914-2016), Nachruf. In: Werk, bauen + wohnen, Nr. 6, 2016, S. 6[1]

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