Ada Karmi-Melamede

Ada Karmi-Melamede studied at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and Architectural Association School of Architecture. The recorded working language is Hebrew. The field of work recorded is architecture. Employment is recorded with Yale University and Columbia University. Distinctions recorded are Israel Prize, Rechter Prize and Sandberg Prize.

• Name — Ada Karmi-Melamede • Native Name — עדה כרמי-מלמד • Born — 24 December 1936 • Birthplace — Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine • Occupation — Architect • Known for — Co-designing the Supreme Court of Israel building • Awards — * Israel Prize (2007) • Sandberg Prize for Research in Art and Architecture (1985) Ada Karmi-Melamede (born 1936) is a noted Israeli architect.

Karmi-Melamede was born on December 24, 1936, in Tel Aviv, in Mandate Palestine (now Israel). She studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London from 1956 to 1959 and at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology from 1961 to 1962, being awarded her degree in 1963. She has taught at Columbia University (1969–1982), Yale University (1985, 1993), and the University of Pennsylvania (1991). She established Ada Karmi-Melamede Architects in 1985 in Tel Aviv. In 1986 she and her brother Ram Karmi won an international competition to design the Supreme Court of Israel compound, which opened in 1992. New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger wrote that "the sharpness of the Mediterranean architectural tradition and the dignity of the law are here married with remarkable grace". She is the subject of the documentary film Ada: My Mother the Architect (2024).

Ramat Hanadiv Visiting Center, Ramat Hanadiv Memorial Gardens, 2008, Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel Life Sciences Building, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel. Supreme Court Building, Jerusalem, Israel, 1992. • Illustration — Model of Israel supreme court building • Illustration — aerial view, Israel Supreme Court • Illustration — Viewing the model • Illustration — Beit Avi Chai • Illustration — Ramat HaNadiv