Layla Dawson

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Layla Dawson , née Layla Shah (* 1949 in London ; † March 3, 2015 in Hamburg ), was a British architect and architecture critic.

Life

After studying architecture, Dawson worked in England, the Middle East and Hong Kong from 1975 . From 1987 to 1989 she taught as a Senior Lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic. Since 1989 she has lived as a freelance writer in Hamburg. In 1999 she married the artist and typographer Christoph Krämer (1948–2010). She died on March 3rd, 2015 after a long and serious illness.

Works

Dawson published a number of specialist articles and monographs on architecture, but also on literary topics. She was a regular author for international magazines in London, Hong Kong, China and Japan, as well as the German monthly magazine concrete . She also appeared as a novelist.

Monographs

  • Daniel Libeskind - Felix Nussbaum House. Museum with no exit. Munich, Berlin, London, New York: Prestel Verlag, 1998. ISBN 3791321277
  • Berlin: Modern Architecture. London: Carlton Books, 2002. ISBN 1842226371
  • China's new dawn. An architectural transformation. Munich, Berlin, London, New York: Prestel Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3791332708

Novels

  • Brit and brown. Translated from the English by Christel Dormagen. Berlin: Berliner Taschenbuch Verlag, 2008. ISBN 9783833304934
  • The world is colder without you. A story of grief. Translated from the English by Christel Dormagen. Reinbek near Hamburg: Rowohlt, 2014. ISBN 9783499601347

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ specifically mourns Layla Dawson. In: specifically , issue 4/2015, accessed online on March 31, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Dawson, Layla
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shah, Layla (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British architect and architecture critic
DATE OF BIRTH 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England , UK
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 2015
Place of death Hamburg , Germany