The Most Famous
ARCHITECTS from Israel
This page contains a list of the greatest Israeli Architects. The pantheon dataset contains 518 Architects, 2 of which were born in Israel. This makes Israel the birth place of the 31st most number of Architects behind Portugal, and Slovenia.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Israeli Architects of all time. This list of famous Israeli Architects is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Moshe Safdie (b. 1938)
With an HPI of 52.29, Moshe Safdie is the most famous Israeli Architect. His biography has been translated into 28 different languages on wikipedia.
Moshe Safdie (Hebrew: משה ספדיה; born July 14, 1938) is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author. He is known for incorporating principles of socially responsible design throughout his six-decade career. His projects include cultural, educational, and civic institutions such as neighborhoods and public parks, housing, mixed-use urban centers, and airports. He also had master plans for existing communities and entirely new cities in the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia. Safdie is most identified with designing Marina Bay Sands and Jewel Changi Airport, as well as his debut project Habitat 67, which was originally conceived as his thesis at McGill University. He holds legal citizenship in Israel, Canada, and the United States.
2. Ron Arad (b. 1951)
With an HPI of 51.98, Ron Arad is the 2nd most famous Israeli Architect. His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.
Ron Arad, (Hebrew: רון ארד; born (1951-04-24)24 April 1951) is a British-Israeli industrial designer, artist, and architectural designer.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Israeli architects born between 1938 and 1951. Of these 2, 2 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Israeli architects include Moshe Safdie, and Ron Arad.
