Elsa Leviseur

Elsa Leviseur was a South African architect specializing in landscape and ecology. She practiced in South Africa and later in England and the US. She was born in Pretoria, South Africa in 1931. Her mother was Beryl Iris Basson (1897–1970) and her father was doctor Ernest Alfred Leviseur (1890–1976). Motivated by her friends and her keen interest in forestry, she joined architecture and earned a B.Arch. degree at the University of Cape Town School of Architecture in 1954. from 1978 to 1979 and was a founding member of Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility. Some of her work can be found at the International Archive of Women of Architecture website.

She was a member of the advisory committee for the Hudson River Coastal Front, which is committed to making proposals to revitalize the area and protect the area's memory.

Career Source: Manchester Polytechnic Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Manchester, England (U.K.) Leviseur Architects, Santa Monica, CA. Principal, January 1, 1983 Architerra, Principal, Los Angeles, CA. 1986–1989 The Tanzmann Associates, Project Manager, Los Angeles, CA. 1980–1983 Independent Architect, England (U.K.), 1960–1969. Independent Architect, South Africa, 1954–1959.

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Association for Women in Architecture, President, 1978–1979.

Featured publications Source: Voices of Experience, The Architectural Review, Volume: 218, Issue: 1303, Date Published: January 1, 2005. Landart, The Architectural Review, Date Published: January 1, 1991. Using Water with Sense and Sensibility, Rachel S. Cox, Landscape architecture, Volume: 81, Issue: 10, Page: 79–83, Date Published: January 1, 1991.