Dawid Lande (14 April 1868 – 10 September 1928) was a Polish architect.[1]

Dawid Lande
Born(1868-04-14)14 April 1868
Łódź, Poland
Died10 September 1928(1928-09-10) (aged 60)
Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
NationalityPolish
OccupationArchitect
Dawid Sendrowicz’ brick house, designed by Lande in 1897

Lande was born in Łódź, where he attended the trade school, and travelled to Saint Petersburg to study at the Institute of Civil Engineering. After completing his studies, he worked for two years in Berlin at the architect office "Keyser und Grossheim" before he travelled back to his home town to set up his own business there.[2]

Dawid Lande was one of the city's most popular architects of the time, known for his projects in Łódź and Warsaw. He was best known for the Łódź branch building of the State Bank of the Russian Empire, Dawid Sendrowicz’ brick house, Hotel Grand, Leon Rappaport's villa and Mieczysław Pinkus’ brick house. He died in Karlovy Vary, aged 60.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ "Lande Dawid - Virtual Shtetl". sztetl.org.pl.
  2. ^ "Dawid Lande". www.beta.architektura.warszawa.sarp.org.pl.
  3. ^ Bedoire, Fredric (29 September 2018). The Jewish Contribution to Modern Architecture, 1830-1930. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881258080 – via Google Books.