Occupation Architect Buildings S:t Goran high school, | Name Leonie Geisendorf | |
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Born 8 April 1914 (age 110) ( 1914-04-08 ) Warsaw, Poland Alma mater Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich | ||
L onie geisendorf om le corbusiers arkitektur i fem punkter 1988
Léonie Geisendorf, née Kaplan (8 April 1914 – 17 March 2016), was a Polish-born Swedish architect, who lived and worked in Stockholm, Sweden most of her life. At the time of her death, she was living in Paris, France.
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- L onie geisendorf om le corbusiers arkitektur i fem punkter 1988
- Spansk arkitekttalang fick Lonie Geisendorf priset
- Education and career
- References
Spansk arkitekttalang fick Léonie Geisendorf-priset
Education and career
Born in Warsaw, 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 Sven Ivar Lind, KFAI and Paul Hedqvist. Counting as her first own work is a proposal for a new office building, drawn together with Ralph Erskine and Curt Laudon. In 1950 Geisendorf and her husband, Charles Edouard started their own office. She turned 100 in April 2014.
