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Yaakov Rechter
Israeli architect and Israel Prize laureate (1924-2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Yaakov Rechter (Hebrew: יעקב רכטר; 14 June 1924 – 26 February 2001[2]) was an Israeli architect and an Israel Prize recipient.[3] Rechter was influenced by the works of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, and one of several Israeli architects who designed cubist buildings in Tel Aviv with flat roofs, taking their inspiration from architecture in North Africa. [4]
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Biography
Yaakov Rechter was born to Paula Singer and the architect Ze'ev Rechter[5] on 14 June 1924 in Tel Aviv.[6] He grew up in his father's house which was used as a culture center in Tel Aviv. He studied architecture at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.[7] In 1952 he joined his father's office of architects. Rechter was married twice, to Sara Shafir, then to actress Hana Maron.[8] He is the father of five children: musician and composer Yoni Rechter, philosopher Ophra Rechter, illustrator Michal Loit, actress Dafna Rechter, and architect Amnon Rechter,[9] with whom he worked,[10] forming Rechter Architects.[11]
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Notable buildings
Public buildings
- Heichal HaTarbut, officially: the Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv, 1957[12]
- Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, 1952-1959[13] (renovated in 2023 as the Eyal Ofer Pavilion by third-generation Rechter architect, Amnon[10])
- Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, 1975[14]
- Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, 1994[15]
- Atarim Square, Tel Aviv, 1975[16]
- National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, Tel Aviv, 1976[17]
- Central Library, Mount Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1981
- Carmel Hospital, Haifa[18]
- Cameri Theater, Tel Aviv
- Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, 1953[19]
Hotels
- Mivtachim Sanitarium, Zikhron Ya'akov, 1966
- Hasharon, Herzliya Pituach, 1961
- Tel Aviv Hilton, 1965[20]
- Herods Tel Aviv Hotel, 1972[21]
- Jerusalem Hilton[22] (now VERT Jerusalem), Jerusalem, 1974[23]
- Sheraton Tel Aviv Hotel, 1977
- Carlton Tel Aviv, 1980[24]
- King Solomon Sheraton Hotel (now King Solomon Hotel), Jerusalem, 1981
- Laromme Hotel (now Inbal Jerusalem Hotel), Jerusalem 1982[25]
- Holiday Inn, Ashkelon, 1998[26]
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Awards
- Rokach Prize - given for "Gan Jacob", 1965.[27]
- Israel Prize of Architecture - given for Rechter's design for the Mivtachim Sanitarium in Zikhron Ya'akov, 1972.[28]
- The Arie El-Hanani Prize, Integration of Art and Architecture - given for the combination of art in construction, 1983.[29]
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