Dov Karmi

Dov Karmi (Hebrew: דב כרמי‎; ‎1905 – 14 May 1962) was a renowned architect of Mandate Palestine and Israel.

Culture Palace, Tel Aviv, by Zeev Rechter and Dov Karmi, 1951

Biography

Dov Karmi was born in 1905, the son of Hannah and Sholom Weingarten, in Zhvanets, Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. In 1921 the Weingartens emigrated with their children to Mandatory Palestine, the future State of Israel.[1]

Max-Liebling House

He initially studied art at the Bezalel School of Art and Craft, Jerusalem, but was attracted to architecture and went to Belgium to complete his studies in this field at Ghent University.[1]

Karmi worked in partnership with several other architects, including Zeev Rechter and, later in life, with his son Ram Karmi. During his professional career he designed more than two hundred buildings, mostly in Tel Aviv . Karmi's main style was modernist; he influenced a generation of Israeli architects.[1]

Israel Prize

In 1957, Karmi was awarded the Israel Prize, for architecture,[2] the first recipient of the Prize in this field.

Family

Karmi married Haia Maklev; the couple had two children, both of whom became notable architects.[1] In 2002, Karmi's son, Ram Karmi, was awarded the Israel Prize for architecture and Carmi's daughter, Ada Karmi-Melamede, was awarded the Israel Prize for architecture, in 2007.

Major buildings
The Knesset, designed by Dov Karmi

See also

References
  1. Zandberg, Ester (5 November 2010). "'Everyone has his own Karmi'". Haaretz. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  2. "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1957 (in Hebrew)".

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