Genie (Eugenia) Averbuch


General Information


Occupation: Architect

Date of Birth: January 01, 1909

Date of Death: January 01, 1977

Birth City: Semila

Birth Country: Russia

Resident Country: Palestinian

Notes: Immigrated to Palestine as a twoyear-old child

Sources: http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/architects-in-palestine-1920-1948


Specialties



Subject: Architect involved in the Levant Fair, The exhibits drove Modern architecture in Palestine

Description: Began transformation of Tel Aviv into the "white city."

Url: http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/architects-in-palestine-1920-1948


Jobs


Employer: Averbuch Architectural Firm

Title: Principal

City: Tel Aviv

Country: Israel

Notes: with Shimomo Ginsburg (Sha'ag)


Employer: Tel Aviv Township

Title: Town planner

Country: Israel

Start Date: January 01, 1945

End Date: January 01, 1948


Collaborators


No collaborators on record


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


No awards on record


Exhibitions


No exhibitions on record


Notable Projects


Title: Zina Dizengoff Circle won the competition in 1934

Description: most famous square in Tel Aviv.

City: Tel Aviv

Start Date: January 01, 1934

Url: http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/architects-in-palestine-1920-1948

Notes: She proposed a uniform façade design for all the three-storey buildings around the circle espite the funcitonal differences.


Title: Cafe Galina designed for the Levant Fair

Description: round shaped building designed with ELsa Gidoni and Sha'ag

City: Tel Aviv

Notes: http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/architects-in-palestine-1920-1948


Education


Institution: Brussels Academy of fine Arts

Department: Architecture

Start Date: January 01, 1927

End Date: January 01, 1930


Licensing


No licenses on record


Professional Affiliations


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Publications By


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Publications About


Title: Sie legten den Grundstein: Leben und Wirken deutschsprachiger jüdischer Architekten in Palästina 1918–1948.

Author: Wahrhaftig, Myra

Publication: Book

Publisher: Tubinger

City: Berlin

Date Published: January 01, 1996