Léon Krier

Léon Krier
Léon Krier in Poundbury, Dorchester, UK, 2016
Born (1946-04-07) 7 April 1946
City of Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
OccupationArchitect
AwardsDriehaus Architecture Prize 2003
CNU Athena Medal 2006
Commander of the Royal Victorian Order

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. He is the younger brother of architect Rob Krier.

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