List of Jewish architects

This is a list of Jewish architects.

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Max Abramovitz (23 May 1908, Chicago, IL–12 September 2004, Pound Ridge, NY), was an architect best known for his work with the New York City firm Harrison & Abramovitz. United States Dankmar Adler (3 July 1844, Stadtlengsfeld, Germany–16 April 1900, Chicago, IL), was an architect and civil engineer, best known for his partnership with Louis Sullivan. United States David Adler (3 January 1882, Milwaukee, WI–27 September 1949, Libertyville, IL), was an architect who designed more than 200 buildings in over 35 years. United States Walter W. Ahlschlager (19 July 1887, Chicago, IL–28 March 1965, Dallas, TX), was an American architect, one of whose designs is the Mercantile National Bank Building in Dallas. United States Bruno Ahrends (né Bruno Arons) (9 April 1878, Berlin, Germany–24 July 1948, Cape Town, South Africa), was an architect in Berlin, most of whose creations today are under cultural heritage management some of which are part of a World Heritage Site. Germany Gregory Ain (28 March 1908, Pittsburgh, PA–9 January 1988, Los Angeles, CA), was a protégé of Richard Neutra and active in the mid-20th century in California. United States Alfred-Philibert Aldrophe (7 February 1834, Paris, France–29 October 1895, Paris, France), was the architect of the Consistory of Paris and began construction of the Grand Synagogue of Paris in 1867, which opened in 1874. France Alfred S. Alschuler (2 November 1876, Chicago, IL–11 June 1940, Chicago, IL), was an American architect who designed warehouses, department stores, industrial buildings, synagogues, and offices in Chicago at the turn of the 20th century. United States Clara Ant (7 February 1948, La Paz, Bolivia–), is a Brazilian architect and served as the personal assistant to Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Brazil Michael Arad (1969, London, United Kingdom–), is an Israeli-American architect known for his winning design of the World Trade Center Memorial in New York City. United States Ron Arad (Hebrew: רון ארד‎) (24 April 1951, Tel Aviv, Israel–), is an industrial designer, artist, and architectural designer. Israel Shlomo Aronson (Hebrew: שלמה אהרונסון‎) (27 November 1936, Haifa, Mandatory Palestine–12 September 2018), was an Israeli landscape architect and winner of the Global Award for Sustainable Architecture in 2011. Israel David Azrieli, CM CQ (Hebrew: דוד עזריאלי‎) (10 May 1922, Maków Mazowiecki, Poland–9 July 2014, Ivry-sur-le-Lac, Canada), was a Canadian builder, designer, architect, developer, and philanthropist. Canada, Israel

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Alexander Baerwald (3 March 1877, Berlin, Germany–27 October 1930, Haifa, Mandatory Palestine), was a German architect best known for his contribution to early Erez Israel architecture. Germany, Erez Israel Nahum Barnet (16 August 1855, Melbourne, Australia–1 September 1931, St Kilda, Australia), was a successful and prolific architect working in Melbourne during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Australia Joseph Barsky (Hebrew: יוסף ברסקי‎) (?, Odessa, Russian Empire–1943, Haifa, Palestine), was one of Erez Israel's leading architects and designed the Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium in Jerusalem. Erez Israel. Armand Phillip Bartos (1910, New York, NY–29 December 2005, New York, NY), was an architect and philanthropist, best known for the Shrine of the Book, co-designed with Frederick John Kiesler, housing the gift of the State of Israel of the Dead Sea Scrolls by his father-in-law Samuel Gottesman. United States Elias George Basevi (1 April 1794 – 16 October 1845, Ely, United Kingdom), was an English architect,The DiCamillo Companion protégé of architect John Soane, and the first surveyor of the Guardian Assurance Company. United Kingdom Lipót Baumhorn (Hungarian: Baumhorn Lipót) (German: Leopold Baumhorn) (28 December 1860, Kisbér, Hungary–8 July 1932, Kisbér, Hungary), was a Hungarian architect who designed around 20 synagogues in the Kingdom of Hungary. Austria-Hungary, Hungary Herbert Bayer (5 April 1900, Haag, Austria-Hungary–30 September 1985, Montecito, CA), was an Austrian and American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental and interior designer, and architect. Austria, United States Walter Curt Behrendt (16 December 1884, Metz, Germany–26 April 1945), was a German-American architect, an active advocate of German Modernism, and an expert on city planning and public housing. United States Artur Berger (Russian: Артур Семёнович Бергер) (27 May 1892, Vienna, Austria–11 January 1981, Moscow, USSR), was an Austrian-Soviet film architect, set designer and co-founder of the Lehrinstitut für Tonfilmkunst (Teaching Institute of Sound Film) in Vienna. Austria, USSR Gary Berkovich (Russian: Гари Беркович) (26 May 1935, Kharkiv, USSR–), is a Soviet-trained architect and writer; among the first former Soviet architect-émigrés of the 1970s to register and open a successful practice in the US. USSR, United States. Eliyahu Berlin (né Eliyahu Berligne) (Hebrew: אליהו ברלין‎) (1866, Russian Empire–25 February 1959), was a founder of Tel Aviv, an important member of the Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine, and a signatory of the Israeli Declaration of Independence. Erez Israel Edward Blum (c. 1867, Paris, France–26 March 1944, New York, NY) and George Blum (1870, France–1928), were École des Beaux-Arts-trained brothers, known for their terra cotta-clad Art Nouveau Manhattan apartment buildings. United States Moti Bodek (1961, Haifa, Israel–), is an Israeli architect and a lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Israel Ricardo Bofill (né Ricard Bofill Leví) (5 December 1939, Barcelona, Spain–), is the founder of Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura in 1963 and developed it into a leading international architectural and urban design practice. Spain Marcel Breuer (21 May 1902 Pécs, Hungary–1 July 1981, New York, NY), was a Modernist architect and furniture designer whose work includes art museums, libraries, college buildings, office buildings, and residences. United States Ella Briggs (née Baumfeld) (5 March 1880, Vienna, Austria-Hungary–20 June 1977, London, United Kingdom), was an Austrian and English architect who became the first female member of the Österreichischer Ingenieur- und Architekten-Verein (Austrian Engineers and Architects Association). United States, Austria, Germany Arnold Brunner (25 September 1857, New York, NY–14 February 1925, New York, NY), is considered the first successful US-born Jewish architect and city planner. United States Gordon Bunshaft (9 May 1909, Buffalo, NY–6 August 1990, New York, NY), was a 20th-century Pritzker Prize-winning Modernist architect and a partner in the firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. United States Roberto Burle Marx (4 August 1909, São Paulo, Brazil–4 June 1994, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), was a Brazilian landscape architect, painter, printmaker, ecologist, naturalist, artist, and musician. Brazil David Busch was an architect, the chief engineer of Oradea, Romania, and planner of the Neologist Synagogue built 1877–8. Romania

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Giorgio Cavaglieri (11 August 1911, Venice, Italy–15 May 2007, New York, NY), was an architectural preservationist and painter of gouaches, best known for his 1960s restoration of the Jefferson Market Library in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. United States Ivan Ceresnjes (né Ivica Ceresnjes), (1945, Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Herzegovina–), is a Bosnian architect-researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Israel Irwin Chanin (29 October 1891, New York, NY–24 February 1988, New York, NY), was a designer of Art Deco office towers and Broadway theaters, a real estate developer, and benefactor to his alma mater, The Cooper Union, which named its school of architecture in his honor. United States Pierre Chareau (4 August 1883, Bordeaux, France–24 August 1950, New York, NY), was a French architect and designer, credited for building the first house in France made of steel and glass, the Maison de Verre. Serge Chermayeff (8 October 1900, Grozny, Russian Empire–8 May 1996, Wellfleet, MA), was an architect whose interwar partnership with Erich Mendelsohn was noted for bringing Modernism to Great Britain; writer, professor and co-founder of professional societies in the US. United States Yakov Chernikhov (Russian: Яков Георгиевич Чернихов), (17 December 1889, Pavlograd, Russian Empire–9 May 1951, Moscow, USSR), was a Constructivist architect and graphic designer whose books on architectural design between 1927 and 1933 are among the most innovative texts and illustrations of their time. USSR Elizabeth Close (née Elizabeth Scheu) (4 June 1912, Vienna, Austria–29 November 2011, Minneapolis, MN), became the first female architect in Minneapolis and received a lifetime achievement award by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). United States Jean-Louis Cohen (20 July 1949, Paris, France–), is a French architect and architectural historian specializing in modern architecture and city planning; professor at New York University Institute of Fine Arts. France Preston Scott Cohen is a Boston-based designer and the Gerald M. McCue Professor in Architecture at Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD). United States

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Michel de Klerk (24 November 1884, Amsterdam, Netherlands–24 November 1923, Amsterdam, Netherlands), was a Dutch architect and one of the founders of the Amsterdam School movement. Netherlands Joseph de Lange (nl) (18 April 1883, Amsterdam, Nethlerlands–28 January 1948, Antwerp, Belgium), was the designer of the Eisenmann Synagogue in Antwerp. Netherlands, Belgium Julio Deutsch (Croatian: Julije Dajč) (29 September 1859, Geppersdorf, Austria-Hungary–9 June 1922, Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes), was a Croatian architect known for his Art Nouveau architectural style and the designer of the Hotel Palace in Zagreb, originally called Schlesinger Palace (1891). Austria-Hungary Angelo Di Castro (it) (25 January 1901, Rome, Italy–28 November 1989, Rome, Italy), was an Italian architect known for his design for the Synagogue of Livorno. Italy Elizabeth Diller (1954, Lodz, Poland–), is a partner with her husband, Ricardo Scofidio, and Charles Renfro at Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the first architectural firm to win the so-called "genius award," a MacArthur Prize. United States Todd A. Drucker (24 April 1994, New York, NY–), is an American architect that works for GKV Architects in New York City. He focuses on renewable building materials, such as high rise structures predominantly made from timber. He goes by the affectionate nickname "Timber Todd". United States Dan Dworsky (4 October 1927, Minneapolis, MN–), has been a leading Southern California architect since the early 1950s. United States

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Drew Eberson (1904, Hamilton, OH–July 1989, Stamford, CT), was an architect who designed and renovated many movie theaters in the US and abroad. United States John Eberson (2 January 1875, Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary–5 March 1954, Stamford, CT), was an architect best known for his atmospheric movie theaters. United States John H. Edelmann (1852–July 1900), was a socialist-anarchist architect who worked in the office of Alfred Zucker and designed the Decker Building in New York City. United States Semyon Eibushits (ru) (Russian: Семён Семёнович Эйбушиц) (24 June 1851, Austria–4 July 1898, Moscow, Russian Empire), was a Russian architect. Russian Empire Cyrus L. W. Eidlitz (27 July 1853, New York, NY–5 October 1921, New York, NY), was best known for designing One Times Square, the former New York Times Building, on Times Square. United States Leopold Eidlitz (10 March 1823, Prague, Bohemia—22 March 1908, New York, NY), was an architect best known for his work on the New York State Capitol in Albany, NY. United States