Yitzhak Perlstein
Yitzhak Perlstein | |
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יצחק פרלשטיין | |
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| Born | יצחק פרלשטיין May 23, 1914 |
| Died | June 5, 1981 (aged 67) |
| Resting place | Trumpeldor Cemetery |
| Citizenship | Israel |
| Occupation(s) | Architect, urban planner |
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Yitzhak Perlstein (Hebrew: יצחק פרלשטיין; 23 May 1914 – 5 June 1981) was an Israeli architect.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Tel Aviv to Pesia and Yaakov Perlstein, who were among the founders of the city. He studied architecture and urban planning at the University of London, receiving his degree in 1937. Upon his return to the country in 1939, he began working primarily in the field of urban development, first within the British Mandate government and later as an independent professional.[1]
In 1958, he was awarded the Rokach Award together with Robert Bennett and Mordechai Ludwig Schorr.[2] In 1961, he received the Kaplan Award[1] for efficiency when he became the first in Israel to use the precast building method, which quickly became widespread and accepted.
Between 1957 and 1959, Dudai worked together with architect Arie Dudai on designing the master plan for the city of Ashdod, commissioned by the Ashdod Company. The plan included 16 residential quarters, each with an area of between 0.5 and 1.2 dunams and a square shape, with each neighborhood comprising about 3,000 to 6,000 housing units for 12,000 to 21,500 people.[3] The plan (D/313[a]) was officially approved on 6 May 1960, and since then, the city of Ashdod has been built almost precisely according to its defined scale and guidelines.[4]
In 1965, he served as a member of the judging panel for the competition to design the Ashdod city center.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Perlstein was the father of Edna, Telma, and Yaakov.[citation needed]
In the 1940s, he married Irene, who was born in the United Kingdom. His sister Rebecca was the wife of entrepreneur and businessman Mordechai Meir, one of the founders of the Shalom Meir Tower in Tel Aviv and Kiryat Wolfson in Jerusalem, both of which Perlstein helped design.
Gallery
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Public library of Ashdod (1971), Ashdod, 2023 -
Kiryat Wolfson (1970), Jerusalem, 2005 -
Shalom Meir Tower (1965), Tel Aviv, 2007
Further reading
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- Levine, Daphna; Shoshan, Liat Savin Ben (2024), Hess, Regine; Gitler, Inbal Ben-Asher; Fainholtz, Tzafrir; Allweil, Yael (eds.), "Prefabricating a Nation: The Neighborhood of Ramat HaNasi in Bat Yam, Israel, by Architect Yitzhaq Perlstein", Between Conventional and Experimental, Mass Housing and Prefabrication in Modernist Architecture, Leuven University Press, pp. 77–96, ISBN 978-94-6270-404-6, retrieved 2025-08-30
Notes
[edit]- ^ ד/313
References
[edit]- ^ a b יעקובסון, מיכאל (2022-02-05). "סיבוב בבלוק המעוגל ברחוב יוספטל בבת ים" Sivuv BaBlok HaMe'ugal B'Rechov Yoseftal BeVat Yam [A walk around the rounded block on Yoseftal Street in Bat Yam]. חלון אחורי (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2025-08-30.
- ^ "הערב – חלוקת פרס רוקח" HaErev – Halukat Pras Rokach [Tonight – Rokach Prize Award Ceremony]. National Library of Israel (in Hebrew). 1958-06-19. Retrieved 2025-08-30.
- ^ ממן, רוחמה (1990). רענן, בועז (ed.). אשדוד – גאוגרפיה, היסטוריה, טבע, מסלולי טיול: לקט מאמרים Ashdod – Geographia, Historia, Teva, Masluley Tiul: Leket Ma'amarim [Ashdod – Geography, History, Nature, Hiking Trails: A Collection of Articles]. Ashdod: Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.
- ^ אהרון גוטמן, מירב (2004). ""שקט יהיה לנו מספיק כשנמות – עכשיו הזמן לחיות": בין תכנון העיר המודרנית והחיים בה" "Sheket Yihiye Lanu Maspik K'sheNamut – Achshav HaZman Lechiyot": Bein Tichnoon Ha'ir HaModernit VehaChayim Ba ["We’ll Have Enough Quiet When We Die – Now Is the Time to Live": Between Modern City Planning and Life Within It] (PDF). תכנון. 2 (1): 61.
- ^ "פרס ראשון לתכנון מרכז אשדוד למהנדסים צרפתיים" First Prize for Planning Ashdod Center to French Engineers [Pras Rishon LeTikhun Merkaz Ashdod LeMehandasim Tzarfatiyim]. National Library of Israel (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2025-08-30.
External links
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- ריבה, נעמה. "אותו אדריכל, אותה בנייה – אז למה גורל השכונות התאומות בתל אביב ובבת ים שונה?" Oto Adrichal, Ota Bniyah – Az Lama Goral HaShkhunot HaTeumot BeTel Aviv U’BeVat Yam Shoneh? [Same architect, same construction – so why is the fate of the twin neighborhoods in Tel Aviv and Bat Yam different?]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2025-08-30.
- "Nigerian Delegate to the International Seminar Conference on Housing". Israeli Planning, Architecture and Development in Africa. Retrieved 2025-08-30.