Dov Karmi

Background

Karmi was born in 1905, the son of Hannah and Sholom Weingarten, in Zhvanets, Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire.

Education

He initially studied art at the Bezalel School of Art and Craft, Jerusalem, but was attracted to architecture and went to Belgium to complete his studies in this field at Ghent University.

Career

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.

Max-Liebling House, Tel Aviv, 1936 Culture Palace, Tel Aviv, 1957 (with Zeev Rechter and Yaakov Rechter).

Achievements

• In 1957, Karmi was awarded the, for architecture, the first recipient of the Prize in this field 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 for architecture and Carmi"s daughter, Ada Karmi-Melamede, was awarded the for architecture, in 2007.