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{{Short description|Dutch architect}}
[[File:Leo_de_Bever.png|thumbnail|Leo de Bever in 2013]]
''' Leonardus Lodewijk Josephus "Leo" de Bever''' (14 July 1930 – 14 August 2015) was a Dutch architect best known for his works in the city of [[Eindhoven]], which included the [[Evoluon]] which he created together with
{{ill|Louis Kalff|nl}}, the [[Catharina Ziekenhuis]] and [[Eindhoven Airport]].<ref name=NOS>{{cite web|url=http://nos.nl/artikel/2052428-architect-evoluon-leo-de-bever-overleden.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221024330/http://nos.nl/artikel/2052428-architect-evoluon-leo-de-bever-overleden.html |title=Architect Evoluon Leo de Bever overleden |language=Dutch |publisher=[[Nederlandse Omroep Stichting]] |date=17 August 2015 |archive-date=21 February 2018}}</ref>
==Career==
De Bever was born in Eindhoven raised in a family of architects, with both his father and grandfather being architects. His son Stefan would also become an architect.<ref name=NOS/> De Bever studied at the Academie van Bouwkunst van de Leergangen in [[Tilburg]], he later obtained a Master of Architecture from [[Cornell University]], United States.<ref name=beeld>{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.eindhoven-in-beeld.nl/picture/show/45657/Leo-de-Bever-Loed-de-Bever |title=Leo de Bever & Loed de Bever |language=Dutch |publisher=Eindhoven in beeld |date=19 August 2015 |accessdate=23 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923234559/http://www.eindhoven-in-beeld.nl/picture/show/45657/Leo-de-Bever-Loed-de-Bever |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He started his out his career in New York, Milan and Rome, but later kept mostly to Eindhoven.<ref name=NOS/> In 1965 de Bever took over his father's architect firm together with his brother Loed de Bever.<ref name=beeld/> For the design of the [[Evoluon]] de Bever and {{ill|Louis Kalff|nl}} only got two demands, it had to be "spectacular" and it had to be possible to hold exhibitions in the building.<ref name=NOS/>
[[File:Overzicht_-_Eindhoven_-_20396787_-_RCE_-_Cropped.jpg|thumbnail|Evoluon]]
In 2011 de Bever was invested as a Knight of the [[Order of Orange-Nassau]], amongst others for his volunteer work concerning holiday camps for the handicapped.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.ed.nl/regio/architect-leo-de-bever-80-geridderd-1.2066411 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230554/https://www.ed.nl/overig/architect-leo-de-bever-80-geridderd~a8a9bb5b/ |title=Architect Leo de Bever (80) geridderd |language=Dutch |publisher=[[Eindhovens Dagblad]] |date=11 May 2011 |archive-date=29 July 2018}}</ref>
He died on 14 August 2015, aged 85.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ed.nl/regio/eindhoven/ontwerper-evoluon-leo-de-bever-overleden-1.5159901 |title=Ontwerper Evoluon Leo de Bever overleden |language=Dutch |publisher=Eindhovens Dagblad |date=17 August 2015 |accessdate=23 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923234121/http://www.ed.nl/regio/eindhoven/ontwerper-evoluon-leo-de-bever-overleden-1.5159901 |archivedate=23 September 2015 }}</ref>
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