Léonie Geisendorf

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]

Léonie Geisendorf
Geisendorf, c. 1965
Born
Léonie Kaplan

(1914-04-08)8 April 1914
Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died17 March 2016(2016-03-17) (aged 101)
Paris, France
Alma materEidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
OccupationArchitect
DesignVilla Delin (1970)
St. Görans Gymnasium (1961)

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 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
  • Geisendorf in her Karman Ghia, 1990
  • Geisendorf's office mid-1960s (Léonie standing in the middle).
  • Suggested zoning "Corso" in Stockholm 1965.
  • ETG-group: Anders Tengbom, Léonie Geisendorf and Ralph Erskine

Images, buildings
  • Residential area Riksrådsvägen
  • St. Görans Gymnasium
  • Villa Delin
  • 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. "Léonie Geisendorf (1914-2016)". Matters of Taste. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  3. Charlie Gullström. "Léonie Geisendorf har avlidit". Sveriges Arkitekter. Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  4. Helge Zimdal. "Sven Ivar H Lind". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  5. "Paul Hedqvist". google.com. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  6. "Nu var det 1914: Arkitekten Léonie Geisendorf 100 år" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 2014-06-25. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
  7. "Laudon, Curt (1906-1964)". KulturNav. Retrieved April 1, 2019.
  8. Elisabeth Ellenberger. "Geisendorf, Charles-Edouard". Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse. Retrieved April 1, 2019.

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


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