Bengt Lindroos | |
Nationality: | Swedish |
Birth Name: | Bengt Ingmar Lindroos |
Birth Date: | 22 September 1918 |
Birth Place: | Finspång Municipality, Sweden |
Alma Mater: | Royal Institute of Technology |
Significant Buildings: | Kaknästornet, Hammarbytornet, Söderledskyrkan |
Awards: | Kasper Salin Prize |
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]
Lindroos died on 22 August 2010, aged 92.[4]