Georg Leowald
Georg Leowald on the construction site of the Berlin Hydromentwerk during repair work in 1949,
in the background the tower of the Klingenberg power station
in the background the tower of the Klingenberg power station
Georg Leowald (* 1908 in Düsseldorf; † 1969 ) was a German architect and furniture designer in the traditions of the Bauhaus and the German Werkbund .
Life
Georg Leowald came from southern Germany and came to Berlin after completing his training . From 1947 he worked as a teacher at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin . In addition, Leowald continued to design furniture and buildings. In 1950 Leowald won first prize in a competition at the New York Museum of Modern Art for his chair design.
Work (selection)
- 1936–1937: Heinkel-Werke Oranienburg
- 1940s: Production and administration building of the Hydroment plant in Berlin-Lichtenberg (today Berlin-Rummelsburg )
- 1959–1961: Boiler house, production hall, open-air storage hall for the Wilkhahn furniture factory in Bad Münder
- Row and stacking chair 224 , specially designed for Wilkhahn
literature
- Martin Krampen, Günther Hörmann: The Ulm School of Design. The beginning of a project of unyielding modernity. Ernst & Sohn, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-433-01647-X .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spiegel, No. 29, 1950, PDF
- ^ Homepage of the Wilkhahn company , accessed on September 8, 2009
- ^ Rudolf Schwarz: More than furniture. Wilkhahn, a company in its time. Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-89802-012-6 .
- ^ Homepage "Formdesign" in Germany 1955–1965 ( Memento of the original from September 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed September 8, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leowald, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German architect and furniture designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1969 |