Avraham Yasky (; April 14, 1927 – March 28, 2014) was an Israeli architect.
Biography Yasky was born in Chişinău, Romania (now Moldova) on 14 April 1927. He immigrated to the Mandatory Palestine with his family in 1935. Yasky studied at the Technion. Early in his career he worked in the office of Arieh Sharon. At the age of 25 he made the plans for Rabin Square with Shimon Povsner,Esther Zandberg, The fountainhead Haaretz, 9 April 2007 and later the Tel Aviv City Hall on the square. Early works by Yasky, such as the "quarter-kilometer apartments" of 1960 with Amnon Alexandroni, were primarily of concrete.readingmachine, שרון רוטברד: אברהם יסקי ,אדריכלות קונקרטית accessed 30 March 2009
In 1965, Yasky founded the architectural firm now known as Moore Yasky Sivan Architects.Emporis, accessed 30 March 2009 From 1987 to 1991 he was an assistant professor at the Technion.readingmachine, אברהם יסקי accessed 30 March 2009 In 1994, he established the school of architecture at Tel Aviv UniversityShani Shilo, Pillars of their profession Haaretz, 24 April 2007 where he was the head of the department until 1998. As of 2006, Moore Yasky Sivan Architects is the largest architecture firm in Israel with 73 employees.Ido Efrati, "האדריכל יסקי: "השמיים הם גבול היצירתיות Ynet, 16 February 2006 With this firm, Yasky contributed significantly to the urban development of Tel Aviv.Esther Zandberg, High on life Haaretz, 12 June 2008 Projects such as the Azrieli Center created a chapter in the city's architectural history that highlighted the skyscraper and skyline.Esther Hecht, Tel Aviv Develops Its Past Into the Future Architectural Record, 26 December 2007 Later work by Yasky shifted somewhat from the use of concrete, in the era of brutalist architecture, to a brilliant architecture emphasising glass, "[a]nd yet, he unhesitatingly points to the "gray years" of building the country with exposed concrete - of which he made such widespread and amazing use - as the best period of his life and in the life of Israeli architecture.".
Yasky died on March 28, 2014, from natural causes at the age of 86.Selmon, Lev 28 March "Architect, Israel Prize laureate Prof. Avraham Yaski dies at 87," Jerusalem Post (Jerusalem) 28 March 2014 captured at 3:09 IST. https://www.jpost.com/Israel/Israeli-archictect-and-Israel-Prize-laureate-Professor-Avraham-Yaski-passed-away-on-Friday-at-the-age-of-87-346799
Awards In 1982, Yasky was awarded the Israel Prize, in architecture.
See also Architecture of Israel Housing in Israel List of Israel Prize recipients
References
Further reading Sharon Rotbard, Avraham Yasky, Concrete Architecture (Hebrew אברהם יסקי, אדריכלות קונקרטית), Tel Aviv: Babel, 2007
External links
Fell off a lorry: An interview with architect Avraham Yaski