Zvi Efrat
Zvi Efrat studied Architecture at the Pratt Institute and Film Studies at New York University. He received his doctorate in the history and theory of architecture from Princeton University. In addition to his international publishing and teaching activities, Zvi Efrat has curated numerous exhibitions. He was head of the architecture faculty at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2002-2010) and is a partner at Efrat-Kowalsky Architects (EKA).
Research areas:
- Planning and architecture of early Zionism
- Israeli Architecture: The Formative Years (1948 – 1967)
- Post-War European and American architecture
- Brutalism and Post-Brutalism
- Tropical Modernism (in West Africa, South-East Asia and Central America)
His book “The Object of Zionism, The Architecture of Israel” was published in Hebrew in 2004 by the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. His book “The Object of Zionism, The Architecture of Israel” was published by Spector Books, Leipzig, in 2018.
He worked on the following projekcts with Efrat-Kowalsky Architects (EKA): Performing Arts Campus in Jerusalem, The Israel Museum in Jerusalem (renewal and expansion), City Museum of Tel Aviv (preservation and new additions), The Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art, The Holocaust Museum in Thessaloniki (Greece).
From October 2021 to March 2022, Zvi Efrat was the 2nd Mercator Fellow of our Kolleg. He held a workshop on archival practices based on his work on “The Object of Zionism” (Architectural History of Israel) in Berlin in December 2021 and presented his research in the lecture series “The Israeli Architectural Avant-Garde of the 1960s and its Discomfort”.