Joseph Barsky
Joseph Barsky (Odessa, Russian Empire – 1943 in Haifa, Palestine) was an architect in Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine. Barsky was a graduate of the Architectural College in Grekov Odessa Art school of Odessa and the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Art.
Joseph Barsky
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- Name
- Joseph Barsky
- Birthplace
- Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
- Died
- 1943
- Place of death
- Haifa, Palestine (now Israel)
- Education
- Grekov Odessa Art school, Imperial Academy of Arts
- Born
- 1876 · Odesa.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Mandatory Palestine
- Occupation
- architect
- Fields
- architecture
- Known for
- Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium · Bikur Holim Hospital
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Joseph Barsky (Odessa, Russian Empire – 1943 in Haifa, Palestine) was an architect in Ottoman and Mandatory Palestine. Barsky was a graduate of the Architectural College in Grekov Odessa Art school of Odessa and the St. Petersburg Imperial Academy of Art.
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Joseph Barsky (1876–1943) was an architect, a national of Mandatory Palestine and the Russian Empire. The architect was born in Odesa and died in Mandatory Palestine.
Joseph Barsky was educated at Hrekov Odesa Art school. Activity centred on architecture. Among the works are Bikur Holim Hospital and Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium.
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He came to Ottoman Palestine in 1907 and from that time on lived and worked in Jerusalem. He was one of the most renowned representatives of the Zionist architects of the Eretz Yisrael style. • Illustration — The first kiosk in Tel Aviv, built by Joseph Barsky in 1910. Photo from 2010. • Illustration — Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium, Tel Aviv, old building, about 1936
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• Name — Joseph Barsky • Birthplace — Odessa, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) • Died — 1943 • Place of death — Haifa, Palestine (now Israel) • Education — Grekov Odessa Art school, Imperial Academy of Arts • Significant Buildings — Herzliya Hebrew High School, Tel Aviv; The first kiosk in Tel Aviv; Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem; Diskin Orphanage, Jerusalem
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• Herzliya Hebrew High School, Tel Aviv (demolished in 1962) • The first kiosk in Tel Aviv at the middle of the Rothschild Boulevard • Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem • Diskin Orphanage, Jerusalem
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- 1.Sergey R. Kravtsov, "Reconstruction of the Temple by Charles Chipiez and Its Applications in Architecture," Ars Judaica, vol. 4 (2008), 36–37.
- 2.Diana Dolev. Architectural Orientalism in the Hebrew University – the Patrick Geddes and Frank Mears Master-Plan. Tel Aviv University. 218–219.
- 3.Annabel Jane Wharton. Building the Cold War. University of Chicago Press. 108. 2001. 0-226-89419-3.
- 4.Catherine Weill-Rochant. Myths and Buildings of Tel Aviv. Bulletin du Centre de recherche français de Jérusalem.
- 5.My Tel Aviv. הקיוסק הראשון.
- 6.Yediot Aharonot. לילה לבן: בתים בת"א שהחושך עושה להם טוב.
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