Roslyn Lindheim

Roslyn Lindheim (1921 – May 5, 1987) was an American architect and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who was best known for designing hospitals.

Life and career Lindheim was born in New York City and attended Radcliffe College followed by Columbia University School of Architecture. She moved to California in the 1950s, splitting her work between California and New York. She joined the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley, in 1963, where she advocated for the admission of black and Hispanic students to the Department of Architecture.

Lindheim specialized in healthcare architecture, and aimed to create "healthy and humane" environments when designing healthcare facilities. She designed Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, and was the first architect to receive this honor.

Her husband was Richard Lindheim, with whom she had two children. She died from cancer on May 5, 1987, at her Berkeley home.