Léonie Geisendorf

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Léonie Geisendorf
Geisendorf, c. 1965
Born	Léonie Kaplan (1914-04-08)8 April 1914 Łódź, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died	17 March 2016(2016-03-17) (aged 101) Paris, France
Alma mater	Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
Occupation	Architect
Design	Villa 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

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

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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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  St. Görans Gymnasium
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  Villa Delin
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  Student housing Fyrtalet

References

Sources

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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