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Carl Rubin (24 June 1899 – 7 February 1955) was an Israeli architect known for his work in the 
One of Rubin's important designs was his remodelling of the building that became Israel's
''Beit Hadar under construction, 1936''
in Yona Fischer, ed. ''Tel-Aviv: 75 Years of Art. Tel Aviv:'' Massada, 1984
international style International style may refer to:
* International Style (architecture), the early 20th century modern movement in architecture
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. He designed many of the iconic buildings in this style in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
.
Biography
Carl Rubin was born in 1899 inSniatyn
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in Galicia
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. He studied architecture in Vienna
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. In 1920, Rubin immigrated
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to Eretz Israel
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, settling in Tel Aviv. In 1931, Rubin returned to Berlin to work for Erich Mendelsohn
Erich Mendelsohn (21 March 1887 – 15 September 1953) was a German architect, known for his expressionist architecture in the 1920s, as well as for developing a dynamic functionalism in his projects for department stores and cinemas. Mendelso ...
, an Allenstein
Olsztyn ( , ; german: Allenstein ; Old Prussian: ''Alnāsteini''
* Latin: ''Allenstenium'', ''Holstin'') is a city on the Łyna River in northern Poland. It is the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, and is a city with powiat rights, ...
-born Jewish architect whose architectural philosophy influenced Rubin's later designs.
In 1932, Rubin moved back to Tel Aviv in Mandate Palestine
Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 i ...
and opened his own architectural office, contributing to the development of Tel Aviv and UNESCO
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's later recognition of the "White City" as a World Heritage Site
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Projects
Dizengoff House/Independence Hall
One of Rubin's important designs was his remodelling of the building that became Israel's Independence Hall
Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, where both the United States Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted by America's Founding Fathers. The structure forms the center ...
(at Rothschild Boulevard 16). In 1932, Rubin resigned the home of Mayor of Tel Aviv Me'ir Dizengoff, who donated it to the city as the first home of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Tel Aviv Museum of Art ( he, מוזיאון תל אביב לאמנות ''Muzeon Tel Aviv Leomanut'') is an art museum in Tel Aviv, Israel. The museum is dedicated to the preservation and display of modern and contemporary art from Israel and aroun ...
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Dr. Sadovsky House
Rubin designed numerous residential complexes in Tel Aviv. One of these buildings, the home of Dr. Sadovsky (85,Rothschild Boulevard
Rothschild Boulevard (, ''Sderot Rotshild'') is one of the principal streets in the center of Tel Aviv, Israel, beginning in Neve Tzedek at its southwestern edge and running north to Habima Theatre. It is one of the most expensive streets in the ...
), designed in 1933, sold for 7 million dollars in 2007.
Citrus House/Beit Hadar
In 1935–1936, Rubin designed the Beit Hadar office building aka Citrus House, the first in Tel Aviv with asteel frame
Steel frame is a building technique with a " skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and horizontal I-beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame. The devel ...
structure.Photo: Itzhak Kalter''Beit Hadar under construction, 1936''
in Yona Fischer, ed. ''Tel-Aviv: 75 Years of Art. Tel Aviv:'' Massada, 1984
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rubin, Carl Architects in Mandatory Palestine Israeli architects 1899 births 1955 deaths