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Zoltan Harmat
BornAugust 20, 1900
Sighet, Hungary
DiedJune 1, 1985(1985-06-01) (aged 84)
Israel
NationalityHungarian, Israeli
Alma materUniversity of Budapest
OccupationArchitect
ProjectsHolyland residential complex

Zoltan "Shimshon" Harmat, born Stern (August 20, 1900 in Máramarossziget, Hungary - June 1, 1985 in Israel)[1] was an Israeli architect.

Biography

Zoltan Harmat was born in the town of Máramarossziget, Hungary (today Sighet in Romania). Harmat's parents provided him with a rich education and cultural experience. His father served as a teacher and director of a local Jewish school.

At the end of high school, Harmat decided to study architecture at the Budapest Faculty of Architecture and completed his degree in 1924.[1]

A year after graduating, Harmat decided to immigrate to Palestine. He joined a firm lead by the renowned British architect Albert Clifford Holliday and worked there for the next five years.[1] During this period, he participated in the planning of many projects, including the building near the St Andrew's Church, Jerusalem Cinematheque (1927),[clarification needed] the Jerusalem Municipality building on Jaffa Street 22 (1930), a Biblical Society Building, 7 Yohana Megush Halav Street (1926), and the outpatient eye clinic on Hebron Road, currently the Jerusalem House of Quality.

Around the 1930s and 1940s, he designed, independently, homes for elite families in Jerusalem.

One of his most famous designs is the Holyland Hotel near the Malha neighbourhood. The hotel was planned in 1952 and completed in 1958.[2] Harmat designed the hotel implementing a modern "International Style" type of architecture and utilising Jerusalem's traditional white limestone.[3]

Selected projects

Zoltan Harmat designed over 150 architectural projects. All projects are designed and built in Jerusalem unless otherwise stated.

  • Biblical Society Building, 7 Yohana Megush Halav Street (the late 20s)[1]
  • St. Andrew's Scottish Church (the late 20s)[1]
  • Jerusalem Municipality historic building and Barclays Bank, 22 Jaffa Road (1930)
  • Clinic of the St. John Eye Hospital, today Jerusalem House of Quality (the early 30s)
  • The home of Hanania, a contractor, 32 Keren Hayesod Street (1931)
  • The home of Shalom Horowitz, an attorney, 20 Ahad Ha'am Street, Talbieh (1931)
  • The home of Braude, an accountant, 22 Ahad Ha'am Street, Talbieh (1931)
  • The home of Hanna Salameh, a merchant, 2 Balfour Street, Talbiyeh (1932)
  • The home of Oved Ben-Ami, the first mayor of Netanya, originally built in Netanya but now no longer standing (1935-1937)[3]
  • Biblical Society Building
    Biblical Society Building
  • Barclay's building, Jerusalem, 1939
    Barclay's building, Jerusalem, 1939
  • St. Andrew's Church, Jerusalem
    St. Andrew's Church, Jerusalem
  • The Salameh House on Balfour Street, 1932 (with new top floors extensions built in the 2010s)
    The Salameh House on Balfour Street, 1932 (with new top floors extensions built in the 2010s)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Popescu, Ioan Johnny (June 2, 2010). "S-au implinit 25 de ani de la moartea arhitectului sighetean Harmat Zoltan [lit.: "25 years since the death of Sighet-born architect Zoltan Harmat"]". Informația Zilei (in Romanian). Retrieved February 22, 2017.
  2. ^ Cohen-Hattab, Kobi; Shoval, Noam (2014). Tourism, Religion and Pilgrimage in Jerusalem. Routledge. p. 118. ISBN 9781317672111.
  3. ^ a b Dvir, Noam (September 23, 2011). "Master of Decor". Haaretz. Retrieved February 22, 2017.

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