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[[File:10 Pinsker St.jpg|thumb|Pinsker 10, designed by Berlin]]
[[File:10 Pinsker St.jpg|thumb|Pinsker 10, designed by Berlin]]
He designed over a hundred buildings, mostly in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/1.996057 |title=ברלין בתל אביב |last=זנדברג |first=אסתר |date=2004-09-02 |work=הארץ |access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=843184 |title=הצבעים הנוספים של העיר הלבנה |last=סמואלוב |first=יובל |date=2004-10-11 |work=גלובס |access-date=2019-08-17 |language=he}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/literature/1.1506429 |title=הרמוניה מסורתית בפרובינציה מזרח תיכונית |last=שטרנהל |first=זיוה |date=2005-02-28 |work=הארץ |access-date=2019-08-17 |language=he}}</ref> His son Zeev Berlin was also an architect, and the two designed buildings together.<ref name=ToI>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-a-rothschild-boulevard-restoration-eclectic-meets-modern-design/|title=In a Rothschild Boulevard restoration, eclectic meets modern design|last=Steinberg|first=Jessica|date=24 March 2018|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>
He designed over a hundred buildings, mostly in [[Tel Aviv]], [[Israel]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/1.996057 |title=ברלין בתל אביב |last=זנדברג |first=אסתר |date=2004-09-02 |work=הארץ |access-date=2019-07-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=843184 |title=הצבעים הנוספים של העיר הלבנה |last=סמואלוב |first=יובל |date=2004-10-11 |work=גלובס |access-date=2019-08-17 |language=he}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.haaretz.co.il/literature/1.1506429 |title=הרמוניה מסורתית בפרובינציה מזרח תיכונית |last=שטרנהל |first=זיוה |date=2005-02-28 |work=הארץ |access-date=2019-08-17 |language=he}}</ref> His son Zeev Berlin was also an architect, and the two worked together.<ref name=ToI>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-a-rothschild-boulevard-restoration-eclectic-meets-modern-design/|title=In a Rothschild Boulevard restoration, eclectic meets modern design|last=Steinberg|first=Jessica|date=24 March 2018|website=www.timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>

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.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-a-rothschild-boulevard-restoration-eclectic-meets-modern-design/ In a Rothschild Boulevard restoration, eclectic meets modern design]</ref>


==Notable works==
==Notable works==

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Joseph Berlin
Born(1877-09-23)September 23, 1877
DiedJuly 18, 1952(1952-07-18) (aged 74)
NationalityRussian, Mandatory Palestinian, Israeli
Alma materImperial Academy of Arts, Saint Petersburg
OccupationArchitect
DesignMograbi Cinema, Tel Aviv

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

Biography

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

Architecture career

Pinsker 10, designed by Berlin

He designed over a hundred buildings, mostly in Tel Aviv, Israel.[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

  • 1922/25 - Berlin-Pasovsky House
  • 1923 - Arza sanatorium, Motza
  • 1923/26 - Łodzia House, Tel Aviv
  • 1923 - Diesel Power Station, Tel Aviv (16, HaHashmal Street)[6]
  • 1924 - Zissman House, Tel Aviv
  • 1925 - Ohel Moed synagogue, Tel Aviv
  • 1926 - Beit Awad[4]
  • 1928 - Mograbi Cinema, Tel Aviv

See also

References

  1. ^ זנדברג, אסתר (2004-09-02). "ברלין בתל אביב". הארץ. Retrieved 2019-07-18.
  2. ^ סמואלוב, יובל (2004-10-11). "הצבעים הנוספים של העיר הלבנה". גלובס (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  3. ^ שטרנהל, זיוה (2005-02-28). "הרמוניה מסורתית בפרובינציה מזרח תיכונית". הארץ (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  4. ^ a b Steinberg, Jessica (24 March 2018). "In a Rothschild Boulevard restoration, eclectic meets modern design". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2019-10-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ In a Rothschild Boulevard restoration, eclectic meets modern design
  6. ^ "Gallery of the first power stations". Israel Electric Corporation. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

Further reading

  • Josef Berlin, Architect: Between Little Tel Aviv and the White City, Baruch Ravid (Binyan Vediur, 2005)