Kimmel Eshkolot Architects

Kimmel Eshkolot Architects was founded in Tel Aviv in 1986 by Etan Kimmel and Michal Kimmel Eshkolot and has become one of the leading architectural practices in Israel. Comprised of 20 architects, it is currently involved in dozens of projects in different scales, both in Israel and in Europe. Throughout the years they won many competitions for the design of high-profile public projects, such as the expansion of the government compound in Jerusalem, the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv, the Davidson Museum in the Archaeological Park near the Western Wall and the Mount Herzl Memorial Hall for fallen soldiers. In 2011 they won the Rechter Prize, considered to be the most prestigious award for architecture in Israel, for the design of Beit Halochem, a rehabilitation center in Beer Sheva, in the south of Israel. In their first years of practice, Kimmel Eshkolot Architects were key figures in the preservation and rehabilitation of Neve Tzedek, the historical neighborhoo...