Layla Dawson
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
- Layla Dawson. In: arch INFORM .
Individual evidence
- ↑ specifically mourns Layla Dawson. In: specifically , issue 4/2015, accessed online on March 31, 2015.
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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 |