Archive

The archival collections at the Built Heritage Research Center house tens of thousands of items – documents, plans, photographs, and publications – including original works by architects, planners, engineers, and designers who operated in Israel and their collections.

The archive establishes a foundation of primary sources for the documentation and historical examination of the built heritage in Israel. Housing the archive in the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion, close to the Architecture and Town Planning Library, grants students and researchers augmented access to the local history of spatial design disciplines.

The archive strives to preserve collections before they are irretrievably lost or discarded. Accordingly, it receives collections from architects, planners, and engineers, through special agreements with their owners.

Logging the collections is conducted mainly by students during their studies at the faculty.

The archive is open to the public, by prior appointment.

Archival collections
Name Hebrew name Years Profession
Unger Yehuda K.  אונגר יהודה ק.  1989-1907 Architecture
Ilan Yeshayahu אילן ישעיהו 1999–1931 Architecture
Alexandroni Amnon אלכסנדרוני אמנון  2020–1929 Architecture
Engelmann Paul אנגלמן פול  1965–1861 Architecture
Baharav Yekutiel בהרב יקותיאל 1980–1894 Architecture
Ben Zvi Haya בן צבי חיה 1939 Architecture
Bar Sagi Simona בר-שגיא סימונה    Architecture
Baerwald Alexander  ברוולד אלכסנדר  1930–1877 Architecture
Gilboa Zvi גלבוע צבי 2020–1927 Architecture
Greenburg (Atias) Lea גרינברג (אטיאס) לאה 2022–1922 Architecture
Gerstel Moshe גרשטל משה וליאופולד (פולדי) 1961–1886 Architecture
Gerstel Leopold דביר אריה 2010–1925 Architecture
Weiser Galia ויזר גליה   Architecture
Wilbushevitz Gedalyahu  וִילבּוּשֶביץ גדליהו 1865-1943 Architecture
Yasky Avraham יסקי אברהם 2014–1927 Architecture
Yaar Ora & Yaacov יער אורה ויעקב 1929 Architecture
Kahana Freddy כהנא פרדי 1927 Architecture
Loeb (Lev) Max לב מקס 1901-1962 Architecture
Meltzer Nahum מלצר נחום 1945 Architecture
Mendelsohn Erich מנדלסון אריך 1953–1887 Architecture
Kaminka Gideon  קמינקא גדעון 1985–1904 Architecture
Ratner Yohanan רטנר יוחנן 1965–1891 Architecture
Ratner Michael רטנר מיכאל   Architecture
Perlstein Yitzhak פרלשטיין יצחק 1981–1914 Architecture & Town planning
Mandel Saadia מנדל סעדיה 2017–1931 Architecture & Conservation
Mazor Adam מזור אדם 2022–1936 Architecture & Urban planning
Eli First אלי פירשט 2021–1947 Architecture 
Ruth Enis אניס רות  1928 Landscape Architecture 
Hoenich Paul Konrad  הניך פאול קונארד  1997–1907 Art
Bomblat Chaim Henri  בומבלט חיים הנרי 2020–1931 Engineering
Weltsch William (Willy, Zeev)  וולטש וילי  1979–1887 Engineering
Fruchter Chaim פרוכטר חיים 2016–1925 Engineering, Landscape Architecture 
Friedman Ruth פרידמן רות 2022–1937 Economy and Urban planning
Schumacher Gottlieb  שומאכר גוטליב 1925–1857 Mapping, Architecture, Engineering
Mordohovich Chava מרדכוביץ חוה 2014–1935 Graphic Design
Yavin Shmuel יבין שמואל 2017–1927 Planning
Klein Alexander  קליין אלכסנדר 1961–1879 Urban planning
Architects in Israel – information files אדריכלים בישראל – תיקי מידע    
Student projects עבודות סטודנטים    
Rockefeller Museum –
Glass Plate Photography
מוזיאון רוקפלר – לוחות זכוכית