Dov Karmi ( he, דב כרמי; ‎1905 – 14 May 1962) was a renowned

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of Mandate Palestine and

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Biography

Dov Karmi was born in 1905, the son of Hannah and Sholom Weingarten, in

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. In 1921 the Weingartens emigrated with their children to Mandatory Palestine, the future State of Israel. Building on Idelson st

He initially studied art at the Bezalel School of Art and Craft,

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, but was attracted to architecture and went to

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to complete his studies in this field at Ghent University. 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.

Israel Prize

In 1957, Karmi was awarded the Israel Prize, for

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, 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. 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

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)

Contributions

* The

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(Jerusalem, 1958-1966) was built after an initial plan by

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, with modifications by Shimon Powsner, Dov and Ram Karmi, Bill Gillitt, and an interior design by Dora Gad.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Karmi, Dov Architects in Mandatory Palestine Israeli architects Architects from Odesa Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design alumni Ghent University alumni Israel Prize in architecture recipients Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Odesa Jews 1905 births 1962 deaths 20th-century Israeli architects