Carl Rubin (; 24 June 1899 – 7 February 1955) was an Israeli architect known for his work in the international style. He designed many buildings in this style in Tel Aviv.
Biography Carl Rubin was born in 1899 in Sniatyn in Galicia. He studied architecture at the University of Vienna in Vienna.Carl Rubin artlog.co.il. Retrieved on 23 November 2024 In 1920, Rubin immigrated to Eretz Israel, settling in Tel Aviv. In 1931, Rubin returned to Berlin to work for Erich Mendelsohn, an Allenstein-born Jewish architect whose architectural philosophy influenced Rubin's later designs.
In 1932, Rubin moved back to Tel Aviv in Mandate Palestine and opened his own architectural office. He contributed to the development of Tel Aviv and UNESCO's later recognition of the "White City" as a World Heritage Site.
Projects Dizengoff House/Independence Hall
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 Me'ir Dizengoff, Mayor of Tel Aviv who donated it to the city as the first home of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
Dr. Sadovsky House Rubin designed numerous residential complexes in Tel Aviv. One of these buildings, the home of Dr. Sadovsky (85, Rothschild Boulevard), designed in 1933, sold for 7 million dollars in 2007.Sign: Tel Aviv - buildings for conservation - 85 Rothschild, StreetSigns.co.il (accessed 8 November 2020)
Citrus House/Beit Hadar In 1935–1936, Rubin designed the Beit Hadar office building aka Citrus House, the first in Tel Aviv with a steel frame structure.Photo: Itzhak Kalter, Beit Hadar under construction, 1936 in Yona Fischer, ed. Tel-Aviv: 75 Years of Art. Tel Aviv: Massada, 1984
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