Dawid Lande (14 April 1868 – 10 September 1928) was a Polish

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. Lande was born in

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, where he attended the trade school, and travelled to

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to study at the Institute of Civil Engineering. After completing his studies, he worked for two years in

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at the architect office "Keyser und Grossheim" before he travelled back to his home town to set up his own business there. Dawid Lande was one of the city's most popular architects of the time, known for his projects in Łódź and

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. He was best known for the Łódź branch building of the

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, Dawid Sendrowicz’ brick house, Hotel Grand, Leon Rappaport's villa and Mieczysław Pinkus’ brick house. He died in

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, aged 60.

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1868 births Architects from Łódź 1928 deaths People from Congress Poland {{Poland-architect-stub