Rokach Prize, 1965 Israel Prize, 1972 Arie El-Hanani Prize, 1983
Yaakov Rechter (14 June 1924 – 26 February 2001[2]) (Hebrew: יעקב רכטר) was an Israeliarchitect and an Israel Prize recipient.[3] Strongly influenced by the works of Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, known as Le Corbusier, he was among Israel's architects who also modeled Tel Aviv on North African cities with "cubist-like flat roofs".[4]
Biography
Yaakov Rechter was born to Paula Singer and the architect Ze'ev Rechter[5] on 14 June 1924 in Tel Aviv.[6] He grew up in his father's house which was used as a culture center in Tel Aviv. He studied architecture at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.[7] In 1952 he joined his father's office of architects. Rechter was married twice, to Sara Shafir, then to actress Hana Maron.[8] He is the father of five children: musician and composer Yoni Rechter, philosopher Ophra Rechter, illustrator Michal Loit, actress Dafna Rechter, and architect Amnon Rechter,[9] with whom he worked,[10] forming Rechter Architects.[11]
Notable buildings
Atarim Square in Tel Aviv, designed by Rechter in 1975
^Birth date Who's who in Israel and in the work for Israel abroad By Itzhak Ben Bronfman & Cohen Publications, 1980 Retrieved through Google books on 2013-12-22.
^"Yaakov Rechter". Information Center for Israeli Art. Israel Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
^Designed by Rechter Tall Buildings by Georges Binder. Page 9, Published in Australia in 2006 by The Image Publishing Group. Retrieved through Google Books on 2013-12-22.
