Joseph Berlin

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Joseph Berlin
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Born(1877-09-23)September 23, 1877
DiedJuly 18, 1952(1952-07-18) (aged 74)
Nationality Russian, Mandatory Palestinian, Israeli
Alma mater Imperial Academy of Arts, Saint Petersburg
OccupationArchitect
Design Mograbi Cinema, Tel Aviv

Joseph Berlin ({Heb:יוסף ברלין}) (1877-1952) was an Israeli architect who worked in Russia and Mandatory Palestine.

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Biography

Joseph Berlin was born in Mogilev, Russia (today in Belarus). He immigrated to British-ruled Palestine with his family in 1921.

Architecture career

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Pinsker 10, designed by Berlin

He designed over a hundred buildings around the country, many of them iconic. [1] [2] [3] His son Zeev Berlin was also an architect, and the two worked together. [4]

Berlin designed 80 buildings in Tel Aviv, among them his own home on Rothschild Boulevard in the city center. His later projects incorporated many elements of the Bauhaus style, with fewer decorative additions, flat roofs and ribbon windows. [5]

Notable works

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Bank Leumi building in Jaffa
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Haaretz newspaper press

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References

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  4. 1 2 Steinberg, Jessica (24 March 2018). "In a Rothschild Boulevard restoration, eclectic meets modern design". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  5. In a Rothschild Boulevard restoration, eclectic meets modern design
  6. "Gallery of the first power stations". Israel Electric Corporation . Retrieved 10 February 2021.

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