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Lotte Cohn and other prominent architects designed buildings that have become an integral part of the Israeli landscape. But unlike their male colleagues, they remain unknown to the public and are ignored in academia
Follow Jan. 19, 2021 Genia Averbuch immigrated to Palestine from Ukraine as a child in 1911 and grew up to design nothing less than Tel Aviv's famous Dizengoff Square. She also planned numerous apartment houses in the city, the offices of women’s organizations and three synagogues, including Midrashiyat Noam in Pardes Hannah. Averbuch has been mentioned in many publications and is also the only female architect appearing in Nitza Metzger-Szmuk’s 1993 book “Houses from the Sand: International Style Architecture in Tel Aviv” – a milestone in the designation of Tel Aviv as the White Ci...