Leman Cevat Tomsu (1913–1988) was a Turkish
architect
An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
. Together with
Münevver Belen, she was one of the first Turkish women to qualify as an architect when she graduated in 1934 from the
Academy of Fine Arts, Istanbul. She was also the first women to teach architecture in Turkey. Later she became a professor at
Istanbul Technical University
Istanbul Technical University, also known as Technical University of Istanbul (, commonly referred to as İTÜ), is an public university, public technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...
.
Tomsu designed the Kayseri Theatre (Public House) after winning an architectural competition in 1937.
References
Architects from Istanbul
1913 births
1988 deaths
Academic staff of Istanbul Technical University
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