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'''Dora Gad''' ([[Hebrew]] דורה גד; b. 1912, d. 31 December 2003)<ref>[http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/defaultH.asp?artist=272327&list=%D7%92 Dora Gad (in Hebrew)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328041953/http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/defaultH.asp?artist=272327&list=%D7%92 |date=2 March 2014}} The Israel Museum, Information Center for Israeli Art</ref> was an Israeli [[interior designer]], whose work had significant influence on the development of modern [[Israeli architecture]].
'''Dora Gad''' ([[Hebrew]] דורה גד; b. 1912, d. 31 December 2003)<ref>[http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/defaultH.asp?artist=272327&list=%D7%92 Dora Gad (in Hebrew)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328041953/http://www.imj.org.il/artcenter/defaultH.asp?artist=272327&list=%D7%92 |date=28 March 2014}} The Israel Museum, Information Center for Israeli Art</ref> was an Israeli [[interior designer]], whose work had significant influence on the development of modern [[Israeli architecture]].


==Biography==
==Biography==
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==Interior design career==
==Interior design career==
Gad began her career in the office of architect [[Oskar Kaufmann]]. In 1938 she began to work independently. In 1942 she began to design private apartments together with her husband. Her style was light and modern, drawing from local inspiration; abundant light, and local building materials. Gad incorporated locally available fabrics, wool carpets, woven work, straw and felt in her designs. Her style set her apart from many European educated architects of the day, who maintained more European styles of architecture.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dora Gad: the Israeli presence in interior design |last=Sheḥori |first=Ran |year=1997 |isbn=965-222-754-4}}</ref>
Gad began her career in the office of architect [[Oskar Kaufmann]]. In 1938 she began to work independently. In 1942 she began to design private apartments together with her husband. Her style was light and modern, drawing from local inspiration; abundant light, and local building materials. Gad incorporated locally available fabrics, wool carpets, woven work, straw and felt in her designs. Her style set her apart from many European educated architects of the day, who maintained more European styles of architecture.<ref>{{cite book |title=Dora Gad: the Israeli presence in interior design |last=Sheḥori |first=Ran |year=1997 |publisher=אדריכלות ישראלית |isbn=965-222-754-4}}</ref>


By the 1950s, the couple were already prominent interior designers in Israel. They were involved in the planning of many government buildings and institutions.
By the 1950s, the couple were already prominent interior designers in Israel. They were involved in the planning of many government buildings and institutions.
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* The residence of the Prime Minister (Jerusalem, 1950){{cn|date=December 2021}}{{dubious|Which? If Beit Aghion (see art.) is meant: Richard Kauffmann designed the house for E. Aghion. It only became the PM residence after being bought by the gov't in 1952, so what was she doing there in 1950? If confirmed: add wikilink to Beit Aghion|date=December 2021}}
* The residence of the Prime Minister (Jerusalem, 1950){{cn|date=December 2021}}{{dubious|Which? If Beit Aghion (see art.) is meant: Richard Kauffmann designed the house for E. Aghion. It only became the PM residence after being bought by the gov't in 1952, so what was she doing there in 1950? If confirmed: add wikilink to Beit Aghion|date=December 2021}}
* The residence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Jerusalem, 1950){{cn|date=December 2021}}
* The residence of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Jerusalem, 1950){{cn|date=December 2021}}
* The Sharon<ref>http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,1018,209,29459,.aspx (Hebrew)</ref> and Accadia luxury hotels (Herzliyyah, 1955){{cn|date=December 2021}}
* The Sharon<ref>http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,1018,209,29459,.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091047/http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,1018,209,29459,.aspx |date=4 March 2016 }} (Hebrew)</ref> and Accadia luxury hotels (Herzliyyah, 1955){{cn|date=December 2021}}
* The Israeli National Library (Jerusalem, 1956){{cn|date=December 2021}}
* The Israeli National Library (Jerusalem, 1956){{cn|date=December 2021}}
* Israeli Embassies in Washington D.C. and Ankara{{cn|date=December 2021}}
* Israeli Embassies in Washington, D.C., and Ankara{{cn|date=December 2021}}
* The New York offices of EL AL, the national airline (New York, 1956 and London, 1959){{cn|date=December 2021}}
* The New York offices of EL AL, the national airline (New York, 1956 and London, 1959){{cn|date=December 2021}}
* The vessels of [[ZIM (shipping company)|Zim, the national shipping line]] (together with the Mansfeld-Weinraub firm, 1955–1975){{cn|date=December 2021}}{{dubious|Interior designers don't design cargo ships. Maybe the logo? Offices?|date=December 2021}}
* The vessels of [[ZIM (shipping company)|Zim, the national shipping line]] (together with the Mansfeld-Weinraub firm, 1955–1975){{cn|date=December 2021}}{{dubious|Interior designers don't design cargo ships. Maybe the logo? Offices?|date=December 2021}}
* The interior design of the Israeli Parliament building, the [[Knesset]] (Jerusalem, 1958-1966), as part of a team of architects ([[Joseph Klarwein]], Shimon Powsner, [[Dov Karmi]], [[Ram Karmi]], Bill Gillitt)<ref>{{cite web |title= The full story of the Knesset building |website= Knesset homepage |access-date=1 December 2021 |url= https://main.knesset.gov.il/EN/About/Pages/Building/KnessetBuildingStory.aspx}}</ref>
* The interior design of the Israeli Parliament building, the [[Knesset]] (Jerusalem, 1958–1966), as part of a team of architects ([[Joseph Klarwein]], Shimon Powsner, [[Dov Karmi]], [[Ram Karmi]], Bill Gillitt)<ref>{{cite web |title= The full story of the Knesset building |website= Knesset homepage |access-date=1 December 2021 |url= https://main.knesset.gov.il/EN/About/Pages/Building/KnessetBuildingStory.aspx}}</ref>
* The Tel Aviv [[Hilton Hotels]] (1965)<ref>http://www.nrg.co.il/online/55/ART1/730/333.html#after_maavaron (Hebrew)</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Building the Cold War: Hilton International hotels and modern architecture |last=Wharton |first=Annabel Jane |page=116 |year=2001 |publisher=[[University of Chicago]] |isbn=0-226-89419-3}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=LKrB7njVSe0C&q=gad&pg=PA228 Link]</ref> and the Jerusalem Hilton (1974){{cn|date=December 2021}}
* The Tel Aviv [[Hilton Hotels]] (1965)<ref>http://www.nrg.co.il/online/55/ART1/730/333.html#after_maavaron (Hebrew)</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Building the Cold War: Hilton International hotels and modern architecture |last=Wharton |first=Annabel Jane |page=116 |year=2001 |publisher=[[University of Chicago]] |isbn=0-226-89419-3}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=LKrB7njVSe0C&q=gad&pg=PA228 Link]</ref> and the Jerusalem Hilton (1974){{cn|date=December 2021}}
* The [[El Al]] terminal at [[Kennedy International Airport|Kennedy airport]] in New York (1970 and 1974){{cn|date=December 2021}}
* The [[El Al]] terminal at [[Kennedy International Airport|Kennedy airport]] in New York (1970 and 1974){{cn|date=December 2021}}
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==Awards and recognition==
==Awards and recognition==
* In 1966, Gad won the [[Israel Prize]], in architecture.<ref name=prize>{{Cite web| title = Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1966 (in Hebrew)| url =http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashkag/Tashlab_Tashkag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashkav}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The object of memory: Arab and Jew narrate the Palestinian village |last=Slyomovics |first=Susan |page=38 |year=1998 |publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania Press]] |isbn=978-0-8122-1525-0}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=Mq5W3XjrbxUC&q=dora+gad Link]</ref>
* In 1966, Gad won the [[Israel Prize]], in architecture.<ref name=prize>{{Cite web| title = Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1966 (in Hebrew)| url =http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashkag/Tashlab_Tashkag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashkav}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The object of memory: Arab and Jew narrate the Palestinian village |last=Slyomovics |first=Susan |page=38 |year=1998 |publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania Press]] |isbn=978-0-8122-1525-0}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=Mq5W3XjrbxUC&q=dora+gad Link]</ref>
* Also in 1966, she received [[Domus (magazine)|Domus magazine]]'s [[Regulo D’Oro]] design prize for her plan of modular concrete units.<ref>{{cite web |title= Dora Gad |first= Sigal |last= Davidi |work= jwa.org |publisher= Jewish Women's Archive |url= http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/gad-dorah}}</ref>
* Also in 1966, she received [[Domus (magazine)|Domus magazine]]'s [[Regulo D’Oro]] design prize for her plan of modular concrete units.<ref>{{cite web |title= Dora Gad |first= Sigal |last= Davidi |work= jwa.org |date= 23 June 2021 |publisher= Jewish Women's Archive |url= http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/gad-dorah}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:2003 deaths]]
[[Category:2003 deaths]]
[[Category:Romanian Jews]]
[[Category:Romanian Jews]]
[[Category:Jews in Mandatory Palestine]]
[[Category:Jews from Mandatory Palestine]]
[[Category:Israeli Jews]]
[[Category:Israeli Jews]]
[[Category:Romanian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine]]
[[Category:Romanian emigrants to Mandatory Palestine]]
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[[Category:Interior designers]]
[[Category:Interior designers]]
[[Category:Israeli women architects]]
[[Category:Israeli women architects]]
[[Category:People from Câmpulung]]
[[Category:People from Câmpulung Moldovenesc]]

Latest revision as of 07:50, 7 November 2024

Dora Gad
Dora Gad, 1966
Dora Gad, 1966
Born1912
Câmpulung, Romania
Died(2003-12-31)31 December 2003
NationalityIsraeli
OccupationInterior designer
Known forIsrael Prize

Dora Gad (Hebrew דורה גד; b. 1912, d. 31 December 2003)[1] was an Israeli interior designer, whose work had significant influence on the development of modern Israeli architecture.

Biography

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Dora Siegel (later Gad) was born in Câmpulung Moldovenesc,[citation needed][dubious – discuss] Romania.[dubious – discuss] She grew up in the home of her grandfather, and attended Hebrew school and a government-run school. Between 1930 and 1934, she studied at the Technische Universität in Vienna, and received her diploma in engineering and architecture. There she met her future husband, Heinrich Yehezkel Goldberg, an architecture student. They married in 1936, immigrated to Mandatory Palestine and settled in Tel Aviv. In 1959 she married Ephraim Ben-Artzi, a former general and public figure.[citation needed]

Interior design career

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Gad began her career in the office of architect Oskar Kaufmann. In 1938 she began to work independently. In 1942 she began to design private apartments together with her husband. Her style was light and modern, drawing from local inspiration; abundant light, and local building materials. Gad incorporated locally available fabrics, wool carpets, woven work, straw and felt in her designs. Her style set her apart from many European educated architects of the day, who maintained more European styles of architecture.[2]

By the 1950s, the couple were already prominent interior designers in Israel. They were involved in the planning of many government buildings and institutions.

After the death of Yehezkel Gad in 1958, Gad established a partnership with Arieh Noy, an employee in her office. The Gad-Noy firm continued to work on governmental projects, and they were responsible, in 1965, for the design of the Israel Museum, together with architect Al Mansfeld, and in 1966, for the interior design of the Knesset building.[3]

The Gad-Noy firm operated until 1976. Gad continued to work independently in both the public and private sectors until her death, in 2003.

Notable projects

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Awards and recognition

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Dora Gad (in Hebrew) Archived 28 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Israel Museum, Information Center for Israeli Art
  2. ^ Sheḥori, Ran (1997). Dora Gad: the Israeli presence in interior design. אדריכלות ישראלית. ISBN 965-222-754-4.
  3. ^ The official Knesset website
  4. ^ http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.articles_item,1018,209,29459,.aspx Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine (Hebrew)
  5. ^ "The full story of the Knesset building". Knesset homepage. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  6. ^ http://www.nrg.co.il/online/55/ART1/730/333.html#after_maavaron (Hebrew)
  7. ^ Wharton, Annabel Jane (2001). Building the Cold War: Hilton International hotels and modern architecture. University of Chicago. p. 116. ISBN 0-226-89419-3. Link
  8. ^ "Israel Prize Official Site – Recipients in 1966 (in Hebrew)".
  9. ^ Slyomovics, Susan (1998). The object of memory: Arab and Jew narrate the Palestinian village. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-8122-1525-0. Link
  10. ^ Davidi, Sigal (23 June 2021). "Dora Gad". jwa.org. Jewish Women's Archive.
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