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Léon Krier

1946 - Today

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Léon Krier CVO (born 7 April 1946) is a Luxembourgish architect, architectural theorist, and urban planner, a prominent critic of modernist architecture and advocate of New Classical architecture and New Urbanism. Krier combines an international architecture and planning practice with writing and teaching. He is well known for his master plan for Poundbury, in Dorset, England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Krier has received more than 224,373 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Krier is the 480th most popular architect, the 64th most popular biography from Luxembourg and the most popular Luxembourger Architect.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.52

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Léon Krier ranks 480 out of 518. Before him are Henry Hobson Richardson, James Wyatt, William Burges, Robert Smirke, Giles Gilbert Scott, and James Gibbs. After him are Ernő Goldfinger, Bjarke Ingels, Johan Sigfrid Sirén, Aston Webb, Wojciech Zabłocki, and George Gilbert Scott.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Léon Krier ranks 657. Before him are George Lusztig, Roberto Chale, Zygmunt Anczok, Mo Ibrahim, Vladimir Tukmakov, and Franz Fischler. After him are Suzanne Ciani, Susan Lucci, Lars-Emil Johansen, Kay Redfield Jamison, Renzo Eusebi, and Petra Burka.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Léon Krier ranks 64 out of 95. Before him are Jacques Poos (1935), Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (1963), Vicky Krieps (1983), Jean Jacoby (1891), Andy Schleck (1985), and Michel Scheuer (1927). After him are Monique Melsen (1951), Gabriela von Habsburg (1956), Fränk Schleck (1980), Luc Holtz (1969), Gérard Lopez (1971), and Jeff Strasser (1974).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Luxembourg

Among architects born in Luxembourg, Léon Krier ranks 1. 

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