Joseph Berlin

• Name — Joseph Berlin • Born — 23 September 1877 • Birthplace — Mogilev, Russian Empire • Died — 18 July 1952 • Place of death — Tel Aviv • Education — Imperial Academy of Arts, Saint Petersburg • Significant Design — Mograbi Cinema, Tel Aviv

Joseph Berlin was born in Mogilev, Russia (today in Belarus). He immigrated to British-ruled Palestine with his family in 1921.

• Illustration — Pinsker 10, designed by Berlin He designed over a hundred buildings around the country, many of them iconic. His son Zeev Berlin was also an architect, and the two worked together. Berlin designed 80 buildings in Tel Aviv, among them his own home on Rothschild Boulevard in the city center. His later projects incorporated many elements of the Bauhaus style, with fewer decorative additions, flat roofs and ribbon windows.

• Illustration — Bank Leumi building in Jaffa • Illustration — Haaretz newspaper press • 1922/25 - Berlin-Pasovsky House • 1923 - Arza sanatorium, Motza • 1923/26 - Łodzia House, Tel Aviv • 1923 - Diesel Power Station, Tel Aviv (16, HaHashmal Street) • 1924 - Zissman House, Tel Aviv • 1925 - Ohel Moed Synagogue, Tel Aviv • 1926 - Beit Awad • 1928 - Mograbi Cinema, Tel Aviv

Joseph Berlin is recorded as architect. Identity and origins. The authorities additionally record the headings Abram Leibovich Berlin and Josef Berlin. His recorded language was English. One child is recorded: Zeev Berlin.