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
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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
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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