Curiosity - Events Awards & Competitions סקרנות - מדור ביקורתי לסיקור אירועים סקרנות Architecture of Israel #140 | February 2025 | אדריכלות ישראלית 52 which was a symbol of medical field. Close: 19/4/25 The Petah Tikva Museum of Art will have six new exhibitions: "If I were a Body," a group exhibition which shows artists who deal with fragility of the body, both the physically and mentally; A solo exhibition by artist Carmit Hasin consisting of a series of statues that express a hybridization of human curves, industrial structures and geological phenomena; A solo exhibition by Daniel Kichels - Oratory for Two Taxis; The capable artists' exhibition of Healy LevGreenfeld and Shiral Safra in which painting and sculpture will be presented on the issue of childhood and adulthood; and the exhibition, To See the Music - an unusual dialogue between Ira Jan and Arthur Kolnik – Y.L. Peretz’s book illustrators. Close: 28/6/25 Projects The new Simon Weil Bridge designed by Ram Koolhaas and Chris Van Davin challenges the infrastructure concepts of anti-monumental design, creating public space for community events at the point of connection between the tree towns - Bordeaux, Flork and Gal. Japanese architect Junya Ishigami completed the Zaishui Art Museum, designed in the artificial lake at the entrance to the new developing district of Shandong County. Snøhetta has completed the Beijing Main :ibrary. Located in the Tongge(?) Quarter the building is covered with glass supported by tree-like columns, reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Wax building in Wisconsin. That's it for this quarterly, please write Rachel ruchi@netvision.net.il Competitions and Awards The of Architects Association granted architect Yaakov Yaar the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award. Yaar, considered one of the most important architects in the field of urban planning, 95 years old, has designed, inter alia, the Neve Rasko neighborhood in Ramat Hasharon, the Hamishtala project in northern Tel Aviv, the Wholesale Market Complex in Tel Aviv, the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood in Jerusalem, the "Yaar" neighborhood in Modi'in, and the Somail project in Tel Aviv. Has he already received the Israel Prize? BUILDNER has announced a competition for designing a spa on the bank of the Vez River in northern Portugal. The brief is to plan a boutique spa that harmonizes with its natural surroundings, alongside a centuriesold water mill with a restored wheel and lush vegetation surrounding the riverbanks. Registration until 11/6/25, submission until 17/7/25 https://architecturecompetitions.com/ vezriverspa/ BUILDNER Kinderspace competition focuses on creating innovative educational spaces designed to enhance young children's learning abilities through their cognitive development. The goal is to transform kindergarten design with environments that are not only safe and functional but also inspiring and inclusive of each child's unique characteristics. Last registration date: 15/5/25 Last submission date: 16/6/25 https://architecturecompetitions.com/ kinderspace/ And BUILDNER Conceptual Competition deals with a place where unrealized creative projects encourage realized designs. The competition highlights the value of innovative projects as an element that fosters exploration and inventiveness in futuristic architecture. https://architecturecompetitions.com/ unbuilt2025/ In this very context, the Israel Association of Architects announced the winners of the "Architecture Award" competition, selected from 188 submissions in 11 different categories: The winners of the Public Building category are the entrance structure in a park in Be'er Sheva by Assaf Lerman Architects and the National Library building in Jerusalem, by Herzog de Meuron together with local architect, Man Shinar Architects; In the Urban Planning category - the Shaar Hamifrats project in Haifa by Yaar Architects; In the Commercial Building category, the Innovate’s Headquarters and Showroom by Pitsou Kedem Architects. In the Conservation Category – LIEBLING HAUS, Tel Aviv, by Rivka Karmi Architects. In the Tomorrow's Architecture category, the quarry neighborhood project in Mevaseret Zion, by Granovsky & Zebulun Architects. The Interior Design category - Tel Aviv-Jaffa Music Center, by Yifat Finkelman and Dan Hasson. In the Education Building category, a high school and middle school in Herzliya by Regavim + Architects. In the Home category - a house by Ruth Packer & Rona Levin Architects. In the Residential Building category - saturated construction at 74 Shenkin st. Tel Aviv, by Hofler Architects. In the Open Space Landscape Architecture category - the National Park in the Ramon Crater by Broida Maoz Architecture Landscape Ltd. In the Built Landscape Architectural category - the Kirya Avenue project in Tel Aviv by Minaad Landscape Architecture. And a little east of this...The winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize this year is 79-year-old Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto for his innovative housing projects and educational institutions which he designed modestly. Exhibitions Periscope Gallery organized an exhibition for the 25th anniversary of the Shenkar Jewelry Design Department with seventy presentations, authors of which can only be tired of writing their names - see a list with the attached invitation. Lock: 22/2/25. Two additional exhibitions are on show at the LIEBLING HAUS - "The City School Presents" - and the multi-participant exhibition "All we have learned so far”. Close: March 15/25. In addition, LIEBLING HAUS presents a solo exhibition by artist Mevin Ben-Alon "The Jewish Hospital," inaugurated in 1903, curiosity
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