Jacob Gil () is an Israeli architect and town planner
Biography
Gil studied in the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa and graduated with honors in 1961.
After graduating, he moved to Denmark and participated in the planning of the Albertslund neighborhood, in the suburbs of Copenhagen.
Later on, he worked in Lufenfeld-Gemerman's office (of architects Moshe Lufenfeld & Giora Gemerman) and Yaski-Alexandroni's office, a period during which he focused mainly on the planning of dwellings, town planning and hospitals.
Early in his career, he worked in partnership with architect Eli Lipsky. During this collaboration Gil and Lipsky have participated in public competitions and in the planning of educational institutions and dwellings.
In 1970, Jacob Gil became a partner in the Yaski-Gil-Sivan office. During these 20 years of partnership, Gil was responsible for the planning of new towns and neighborhoods, university campuses, rehabilitation centers, hospitals, sports facilities, public institutions, office buildings, shopping malls, research & development facilities, hotels and thousands apartments both conventional and industrialized.
In 1990 he established the architecture firm Gil Architects, along with his wife, the interior designer Michal Oren. The office's work includes the planning of hospitals, laboratories, medical centers, museums, office buildings, shopping malls, villas etc.
Awards
Gil won architectural awards with A.Yaski: (named after Israel Rokach), for the planning of the , Tel Aviv (1975) (named after Eliezer Kaplan), for the planning of the Eisenberg hospital, Jaffa (1976).
Professional achievements
Since 1990, as director of Gil Architects with Michal Oren
Master plan north Netanya, Kiryat Sanz
170 housing units for young couples, Netanya
R&D facility for EMC Corporation, Tel Aviv
Commercial center, Pardes Hanna
Senior citizens complex, Tel Aviv
Shalvata psychiatric hospital, Hod Hasharon
180 housing units for young couples, Beit Shemesh
Medical center, Savyon
500 housing units for Minrav ltd, El'ad
Kazin center - hi-tec facilities, Ra'anana
Religious community center, Netanya
Central laboratories for the Israeli Ministry of Health, Jerusalem
Home for life for autistic children, Ra'anana
Private villa, Tel Aviv
SPHERA design center, Bucharest, Romania
Jerusalem Psychiatric Center - master plan, Jerusalem
Jerusalem Psychiatric Center - patients wards, Jerusalem
Museum of Yemenite Jewish heritage, Rehovot
Hartzfeld rehabilitation hospital, Gedera - general upgrading
Shalvata psychiatric hospital - 3 wards, Hod Hasharon
Yoseftal Medical Center-emergency+master plan, Eilat
120 housing units, Kfar Saba
City center master plan, Ra'anana
Prestigious villas, Ra'anana, Even Yehuda
1970-1990 as partner at Yaski-Gil-Sivan architects & town planners
Orek office building, Ramat Gan
Negev shopping Mall, Beersheba
Ocean dwelling tower, Herzliya
Tel Aviv University Electronic labs, Tel Aviv
Dekel country club, Tel Aviv
Aizenberg Hospital, Jaffa, (Kaplan prize) Ben Gurion university Engineering department, Beersheba Israel Electric Company head office, Tel Aviv Capital city of Nigeria, Quarters I,J,K,N, Abuja, Nigeria IBM Israel office tower, Tel Aviv Lowenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Ra'anana Hebrew University Sinatra students center, Jerusalem Beit Halohem war veterans Rehabilitation Center, Tel aviv, (Rokach prize) Tel Aviv University - students dormitories, Tel Aviv
Before 1970
, Gedera, planning with Yaski, at the end of 1960s
References
Sharon Rotbard, Avraham Yasky, Concrete Architecture (Hebrew אברהם יסקי, אדריכלות קונקרטית), Tel Aviv: Babel, 2007
Living people
Israeli architects
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)