Leo_de_Bever

Leo de Bever

Leo de Bever

Dutch architect

Leonardus Lodewijk Josephus "Leo" de Bever (14 July 1930 – 14 August 2015) was a Dutch architect best known for his works in the city of Eindhoven, which included the Evoluon which he created together with Louis Kalff [nl], the Catharina Ziekenhuis and Eindhoven Airport.[1]

Leo de Bever in 2013

Career

De Bever was born in Eindhoven raised in a family of architects, with both his father and grandfather being architects. His son Stefan would also become an architect.[1] De Bever studied at the Academie van Bouwkunst van de Leergangen in Tilburg, he later obtained a Master of Architecture from Cornell University, United States.[2] He started his out his career in New York, Milan and Rome, but later kept mostly to Eindhoven.[1] In 1965 de Bever took over his father's architect firm together with his brother Loed de Bever.[2] For the design of the Evoluon de Bever and Louis Kalff [nl] only got two demands, it had to be "spectacular" and it had to be possible to hold exhibitions in the building.[1]

Evoluon

In 2011 de Bever was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau, amongst others for his volunteer work concerning holiday camps for the handicapped.[3]

He died on 14 August 2015, aged 85.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Architect Evoluon Leo de Bever overleden" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Leo de Bever & Loed de Bever" (in Dutch). Eindhoven in beeld. 19 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Architect Leo de Bever (80) geridderd" (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. 11 May 2011. Archived from the original on 29 July 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Ontwerper Evoluon Leo de Bever overleden" (in Dutch). Eindhovens Dagblad. 17 August 2015. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.


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