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Bengt Lindroos

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Bengt Lindroos
The writers of Blandaren, a student humour magazine from founded by students at the Royal Institute of Technology, in 1943 with Lindroos as the third from the left.
Born
Bengt Ingmar Lindroos

22 September 1918
Died22 August 2010(2010-08-22) (aged 91)
NationalitySwedish
Alma materRoyal Institute of Technology
OccupationArchitect
AwardsKasper Salin Prize
BuildingsKaknästornet, Hammarbytornet, Söderledskyrkan

Bengt Ingmar Lindroos (22 September 1918 – 22 August 2010) was a Swedish architect.

Lindroos started drafting houses for a local builder at the age of 17 years and received his formal education at the Royal Institute of Technology from 1942-45.

After being employed by Sven Markelius, he opened an office together with Hans Borgström in 1954.[1] He designed the Kaknästornet television tower in 1967. He was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal in 1983.[2]

He designed in the 1986 Kasper Salin Prize-winning building block Kvarteret Drottningen. He also designed the prize of the competition.[3]

Death

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Lindroos died on 22 August 2010, aged 92.[where?][4]

Bibliography

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  • Och så vidare- (1989)
  • Att vara arkitekt kan vara att... (2010)

References

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  1. ^ Bengt Lindroos avliden, Arkitektur 2010-08-23 (in Swedish)
  2. ^ "Prins Eugen Medaljen" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Kasper Salin-priset". 2022.
  4. ^ Arkitekten Bengt Lindroos är död, Svenska Dagbladet 2010-08-23 (in Swedish)