Léonie Geisendorf

Léonie Geisendorf
Geisendorf, c. 1965
Born	Léonie Kaplan 8 April 1914 Warsaw, Russian Empire
Died	17 March 2016 (aged 101) Paris, France
Alma mater	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	S:t Göran high school,

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

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.^[2]

Images

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  Geisendorf in her Karman Ghia, 1990

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  Geisendorf's office mid-1960s (Léonie standing in the middle).

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  Suggested zoning "Corso" in Stockholm 1965.

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  ETG-group: Anders Tengbom, Léonie Geisendorf and Ralph Erskine

Images, buildings

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  Residential area Riksrådsvägen

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  S:t Göran high school

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  Villa Delin

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  Student housing Fyrtalet

References

1. "KulturNav, Geisendorf, Léonie (1914 - )". KulturNav.org. The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design. 2014-02-10. Retrieved 2014-04-05.
2. "Nu var det 1914: Arkitekten Léonie Geisendorf 100 år" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2015-04-15.

External links

• KulturNav.org
• Obituary - Dagens Nyheter
• "In memoriam" from Dagens Nyheter which gives date of death as March 17.