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

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which he created together with , the

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and

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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. De Bever studied at the Academie van Bouwkunst van de Leergangen in

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, he later obtained a Master of Architecture from

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, United States. He started his out his career in New York, Milan and Rome, but later kept mostly to Eindhoven. In 1965 de Bever took over his father's architect firm together with his brother Loed de Bever. For the design of the

Evoluon The Evoluon was built in 1966 as a science museum by the electronics and electrical company Philips. It quickly became a landmark in Eindhoven, where Philips was headquartered at the time. The museum closed in 1989 and the building reopened as a ...

de Bever and only got two demands, it had to be "spectacular" and it had to be possible to hold exhibitions in the building. Overzicht_-_Eindhoven_-_20396787_-_RCE_-_Cropped

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In 2011 de Bever was invested as a Knight of the

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, amongst others for his volunteer work concerning holiday camps for the handicapped. He died on 14 August 2015, aged 85.

References

1930 births 2015 deaths Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning alumni Dutch architects Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau People from Eindhoven {{Netherlands-architect-stub