Yaakov Rechter
# Yaakov Rechter

Yaakov Rechter (14 June 1924 – 26 February 2001) (Hebrew: יעקב רכטר) was an Israeli architect and an Israel Prize recipient. Stronly 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".

## Biography

Yaakov Rechter was born to Paula Singer and the architect Ze'ev Rechter on 14 June 1924 in Tel Aviv. 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. In 1952 he joined his father's office of architects. Rechter was married twice, to Sara Shafir, then to actress Hana Maron. 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, with whom he worked, forming Rechter Architects.

## Notable buildings

### Public buildings

* Heichal HaTarbut, officially: the Charles Bronfman Auditorium, Tel Aviv, 1957
* Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, 1952-1959 (renovated in 2023 as the Eyal Ofer Pavilion by third-generation Rechter architect, Amnon)
* Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, 1975
* Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, 1994
* Atarim Square, Tel Aviv, 1975
* National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, Tel Aviv, 1976
* Central Library, Mount Scopus Campus, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1981
* Carmel Hospital, Haifa
* Cameri Theater, Tel Aviv
* Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, 1953

### Hotels

* Mivtachim Sanitarium, Zikhron Ya'akov, 1966
* Hasharon, Herzliya Pituach, 1961
* Tel Aviv Hilton, 1965
* Herods Tel Aviv Hotel, 1972
* Jerusalem Hilton (now VERT Jerusalem), Jerusalem, 1974
* Sheraton Tel Aviv Hotel, 1977
* Carlton Tel Aviv, 1980
* King Solomon Sheraton Hotel (now King Solomon Hotel), Jerusalem, 1981
* Laromme Hotel (now Inbal Jerusalem Hotel), Jerusalem 1982
* Holiday Inn, Ashkelon, 1998

## Awards

* Rokach Prize - given for "Gan Jacob", 1965.
* Israel Prize of Architecture - given for Rechter's design for the Mivtachim Sanitarium in Zikhron Ya'akov, 1972.
* The Arie El-Hanani Prize, Integration of Art and Architecture - given for the combination of art in construction, 1983.
