Gil Har-Gil (born August 17, 1953) is an Israeli landscape architect.
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| Born | August 17, 1953 |
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| Practice | Landscape Architect |
Gil Har-Gil was born in Tel Aviv in 1953. He studied architectural design at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. After completing his studies in 1979, he began working as a planner at a Construction Center in Tel Aviv. A few years later, he earned a master's degree (M.L.A) in landscape architecture from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he also worked on landscape planning at the New York State Park Service. During his studies, he received a certificate of appreciation for "Outstanding contribution and support in the development of educational programs."
After graduating from Cornell University, Har-Gil worked as an assistant professor at the Department of Environmental Design at Kansas State University. During this time, he also worked as a planning consultant for the city of Manhattan's development project. Upon his return to Israel, Har-Gil pursued his doctoral studies and received his PhD in urban and regional planning from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology`s Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning in 1992. During this time, Har-Gil continued to teach in the Department of Landscape Architecture and was appointed, in 2016, associate professor at the Technion's Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning.
In 1988, he established, with landscape architect Daphna Greenstein, the firm "Greenstein Har-Gil, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning" where he acquired his fame and publicity as a landscape architect engaged in a wide range of projects, including landscape planning of residential neighborhoods, urban design, urban renewal, regional planning, planning and design of Urban parks, nature parks, heritage and cultural landscape, national parks, national infrastructures such as roads, railways and power lines and architectural design of bridges.
Over the years Har-Gil, his partners, and the firm's staff have received numerous awards, certificates of appreciation, and commendations, including the Tel Aviv Municipality's Karavan Prize for Garden and Landscape Architecture for the planning of Hecht Park in Haifa and the Azrieli Prize of Urban Planning for designing the German Colony in Haifa.
Along with his professional work as a landscape architect, Har-Gil held several public posts. Among them are the chairman of the Israeli Association of Landscape Architects (ISALA), a representative of Israel in the International Association of Landscape Architects (IFLA), and chair of juries and judges in professional contests.
Har-Gil currently leads the cooperative management of Greenstein Har-Gil, Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning firm.
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Greenstein – Har-Gil Landscape Architecture firm https://www.landscape.org.il/english
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