Background
Carl Rubin was born in 1899 in Galicia.
Carl Rubin was born in 1899 in Galicia.
He studied architecture in Vienna.
He designed many of the iconic buildings in this style in Tel Aviv. In 1920, Rubin immigrated to Eretz Israel, settling in Tel Aviv. In 1931, Rubin returned to Berlin to work for Erich Mendelsohn, a Berlin-born Jewish architect whose architectural philosophy influenced Rubin"s later designs.
In 1932, Rubin moved back to Tel Aviv and opened his own architectural office, contributing to the development of Tel Aviv and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization"s later recognition of the "White City" as a World Heritage Site.
Rubin designed numerous residential complexes in Tel Aviv. One of these buildings, Rothschild Boulevard 85, designed in 1932, sold for 7 million dollars in 2007.
One of Rubin"s important designs was his remodeling of the building that became Israel"s Independence Hall (at Rothschild Boulevard 16). In 1932, Rubin resigned the home of Mayor of Tel Aviv Meir Dizengoff, who donated it to the city as the first home of the Tel Aviv Museum of Artist
In 1935–1936, Rubin designed the Beit Hadar office building, the first in Tel Aviv with a steel frame structure.