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Léon Krier

1946 - 2025

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Léon Krier CVO (7 April 1946 – 17 June 2025) was a Luxembourgish architect, architectural theorist, and urban planner, a prominent critic of modernist architecture and advocate of New Classical architecture and New Urbanism. Krier combined an international architecture and planning practice with writing and teaching. He was well known for his master plan for Poundbury, in Dorset, England. He was the younger brother of architect Rob Krier. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Krier is the 411th most popular architect (up from 480th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Luxembourg (up from 64th in 2019) and the most popular Luxembourger Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Léon Krier ranks 411 out of 518. Before him are Denise Scott Brown, Victor Louis, Martin Wagner, Paolo Soleri, Wilhelm Kreis, and Aurelio Galfetti. After him are Ragnar Östberg, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, Jan Wils, Dankmar Adler, Edward Blore, and Michel de Klerk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Léon Krier ranks 482. Before him are Randal Kleiser, Lajos Koltai, Frank Hsieh, Goyo Benito, Gunder Bengtsson, and Beth Carvalho. After him are Bernard Dowiyogo, Michael, Prince of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Antonio Fargas, Gram Parsons, and Giovanni Bramucci. Among people deceased in 2025, Léon Krier ranks 195. Before him are Djamel Menad, Johnny Tillotson, Gailard Sartain, Kim Sae-ron, Ruth Buzzi, and Alf Clausen. After him are Peter McParland, Julius Chan, Florence Delay, Bernd Cullmann, Ileana Silai, and David Johansen.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Léon Krier ranks 47 out of 95. Before him are Bertrand Gachot (1962), Princess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg (1924), Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine (1787), Anne Fontaine (1959), Paul Eyschen (1841), and Jean Asselborn (1949). After him are Johny Schleck (1942), Lydie Polfer (1952), Curt von François (1852), William Justin Kroll (1889), Princess Sophie of Luxembourg (1902), and Jean-Jacques Willmar (1792).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Luxembourg

Among architects born in Luxembourg, Léon Krier ranks 1. 

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