Abram (Joseph) Leibovich Berlin ( 1877 - 1952 ) is a Russian and Israeli architect .
| Abram (Joseph) Berlin | |
|---|---|
| Basic information | |
| A country | Russian Empire , Palestine Israel |
| Date of Birth | 1877 |
| Place of Birth | Mogilyov |
| Date of death | 1952 |
| Works and achievements | |
| Study | |
| Worked in cities | St. Petersburg- Petrograd, Tel Aviv , Jerusalem |
| Architectural style | modern , constructivism, art deco |
| Major buildings | Theater on Mograbi Square ( Tel Aviv ) |
Biography
Born in 1877 in Mahilyow . He graduated from the Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts in 1911 . In 1919 - 1921 was an employee of the 1st Petrograd architectural studio. Won eleven awards in open architectural competitions.
In 1921 he repatriated to Palestine . In 1923, he founded a school of fine arts and architecture in his house on Gruzenberg street in Tel Aviv , and he himself became the head of the department of architecture. In 1924, he and his architect Richard Passovski founded his own firm. And in 1925, they also founded the "Association of Engineers and Architects of Palestine | Association of Engineers and Architects of Palestine" (now the " Association of Engineers and Architects of Israel "). During 1931 - 1936, he worked with his son Zeev Berlin . His projects were notable for the specific use of silicate bricks, then the main building material in Tel Aviv . Leaving the brick not plastered, he created a special game of abstract forms, slightly resembling expressionism and art deco . Examples of this are his own home and the Mograbi cinema in Tel Aviv . The most famous of his projects are the Tel Aviv cinema on Mograbi Square, the House of Berlin, the building of the printing house of the newspaper “ Ha-Arets ”, a residential building on Rothschild Boulevard .
Projects
St. Petersburg
- Gatchinskaya street , d. № 19-21 - apartment house. 1910 - 1913 . Together with A. L. Lishnevsky .
- Quay Karpovka , d. № 36 - apartment house. 1912 .
- Kuznechny Pereulok , 7, is an apartment house. Restructuring. 1912 - 1914 . (Not preserved).
- 6th line , d. № 47, left side - apartment house. 1914 .
- Prospect Rimsky-Korsakov , d. № 85 / Volodya Ermak Street , d. № 10 - apartment building. 1914 - 1915 . (Completed in the 1920s ).
Israel
- Sanatorium, Moza , Palestine , 1923-1927.
- Power Station, Jaffa , 1925.
- The Sephardic synagogue “Ohel Moed” , Tel Aviv , 1925–1927.
- The cinema on the Mograbi square , Tel Aviv , 1925—1932
- Own house, Tel Aviv , 1929
- The building of the printing house of the newspaper " Ha-Arets ", Tel Aviv .
- Residential building on Rothschild Boulevard , Tel Aviv .
Links
- St. Petersburg Assemblies
- Moghrabi Theater
- Bauhaus Architects in Israel
- Photo of the Ohel Moed Synagogue
- Article: Israel’s 1930s Architecture
- Cohen, Nahoum. Bauhaus Tel Aviv. An architectural guide. - London, 2003