Dov Karmi
Dov Karmi (Hebrew: דב כרמי; 1905 – 14 May 1962) was a renowned architect of Mandate Palestine and Israel.
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]
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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
- Max-Liebling House, Tel Aviv, 1936
- Culture Palace, Tel Aviv, 1957 (with Zeev Rechter and Yaakov Rechter)
Contributions
- The Knesset (Jerusalem, 1958-1966) was built after an initial plan by Joseph Klarwein, with modifications by Shimon Powsner, Dov and Ram Karmi, Bill Gillitt, and an interior design by Dora Gad.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Zandberg, Ester (5 November 2010). "'Everyone has his own Karmi'". Haaretz. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1957 (in Hebrew)".
- ^ "The full story of the Knesset building". Knesset homepage. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
External links
Media related to Dov Karmi at Wikimedia Commons
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