Joseph Barsky (,

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– 1943 in

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) was an

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in Ottoman and

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. Barsky was a graduate of the Architectural College in Grekov Odessa Art school of

and the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Art. He came to Ottoman Palestine in 1907 and from that time on lived and worked in

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. He was one of the most renowned representatives of the

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architects of the

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style.

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Notable buildings

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(destroyed in 1962) * The first kiosk in Tel Aviv at the middle of the

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, Jerusalem *

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, Jerusalem

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Barsky, Joseph Architects from Ottoman Palestine Architects from Mandatory Palestine Jewish architects 1943 deaths Year of birth missing Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire Immigrants to Ottoman Palestine Immigrants of the Second Aliyah