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OUR STORY

Architecture is in our blood.

Three generations of architects to date continue the office of Harry Brand Architects.

Architecture is in our blood. Three generations of architects to date continue the office of Harry Brand Architects. 

The late architect Harry Brand, winner of the Bonney Zion Award, founded the firm in 1969. He developed unique, high standards for planning science-intensive industrial parks in Israel.

Today, architect Eila Brand-Adel, an expert in the field of planning for the elderly population  leads the office in the field of planning assisted living, retirement villages, hospitalization wards and worked with the Ministry of Health for nursing wards using the cluster method.  Eila also teaches at the Architecture faculty at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.

Kylie Adel, an outstanding architecture student at the Technion and is an up-and-coming member of the firm's team.

Over the years, we have carried out large and complex projects of all categories, from assisted living facilities, science-intensive industrial parks, logistics centers, residential complexes, commerce, offices and more. We have collaborated with leading offices from Israel and abroad such as architect Jean Nouvel from Paris.

We are a young and dynamic firm that embraces new trends and a vision for the future, coaching architectural students.  At the same time we advocate working with a long-standing and highly experienced team with an emphasis on sustainable planning solutions. We believe that good planning meets the unique aspirations of the client, and that excellence in planning is achieved by the process of working together with the client and consultants within budget and schedule.

 

"Our head is in the clouds, our feet are on the ground, and our heart in-between."

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Harry Brand

Generation I

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Eila Brand Adel

Generation II

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Kylie Adel

Generation III

BONNEY ZION AWARD

Culture, art, & sports: Prof. Harry Brand, architect and founder of the Israeli planners Association.

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EILA BRAND ADEL

B.Sc Tel Aviv University 1989

B. Arch Cum Laude Technion 1993

M.Arch Technion 1996

The management of Harry Brand Architects was transferred to Eila in 2014.

Over the years she gained experience in all areas of architectural planning and management. While continuing the tradition of premium quality design and service, Harry Brand Architects strive to create buildings that are both superior in function and impressive in appearance.

Today, architect Eila Brand-Adel is an expert in the field of planning for senior citizens. She leads the office in the field of planning assisted living, retirement villages, hospitalization wards, and worked with the Ministry of Health for nursing wards using the cluster method.  Eila also supervises in the thematic and integrative architectural planning studio for Master's degree students at the Technion. She has led large and complex projects, among them Palace sheltered housing in Modi'in for  Azrieli, Ness Ziona sheltered housing for the Yad 120 and Shafir, assisted living for the Grofit and Globus companies, the global headquarters of Osem, the logistics center of Clalit Health Services in Shem, the expansion of the Herzfeld Rehabilitation Geriatric Hospital in Gedera, Dialysis clinics, the industrial park in Nazareth for Step Wertheimer and more.

Elia gained important international experience when she worked at the offices of KMD in San Francisco as the representative of the Technion as well as in Brazil. She also worked in the Israeli team when our office was chosen to act as a local architect with Jean Nouvel from Paris for an office park in Israel.

Eila is certified by the Israeli Standards Institute as a green architecture consultant according to standard 5281. She is the recipient of awards including the Aryeh Sharon Award for "Tel Aviv on the Sea". This project also earned her the Alain de Rothschild Award. During her studies she received scholarships from the Israel America Cultural Foundation.

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HARRY BRAND

B. Arch University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1960

Dip.T & C.T Durham University, London, "Cum Laude" 1962

Harry Brand was born in South Africa 1936, and came on Aliyah in 1962 with his wife Eva. Following an 8-year period working in the Architecture office of an established firm, he then founded his own firm in 1970.  Harry Brand’s contribution to building Industrial Israel relates to his significant participation over 50 years in all aspects of Industrial Development.

 

The following selection gives a feel for Harry’s remarkable contribution:

  1. the development of Statutory District Plans for Major Industrial Areas.

  2. to the design of Industrial and Office Campuses;

  3. to the design and building of Industrial and Office Buildings;

  4. to his involvement in the Development of Industrialized Building Systems, essentially modular pre-cast systems, especially for the Department of Education and the I.D.F.;

  5. to his extensive involvement as a Consultant to Government Departments, National Institutions and the I.D.F.

  6. head of a target group focussed on incorporating environmental considerations in industrial area town planning

  7. for his expertise in Industrial building standards.

  8. for his role over many years as a lecturer and educator of students (1970-1995) of Architecture at the Haifa Technion. As Adjunct Associate-Professor of Architecture;

  9. was appointment as an member of the Committee  of the Council for Higher Education for the accreditation  and monitoring of the Tel Aviv, Bezalel, and Sadna Schools of Architecture, as well as his appointment as, Chairman of the Committee  for the accreditation and monitoring of the Ariel School of Architecture.

  10.  Harry’s voluntary work : Kiryat Ono City Councillor and member of the Building Committee (1973-1982), as well as his substantial involvement  in the building of Beit Protea, in addition to many other major building projects associated with the South African community of olim. He had an active role too in the planning and building of the Begin Heritage Centre in Jerusalem.

The fact that Architect Brand has through his singular contribution profoundly shaped the urban landscape of towns and can also turn on a lathe a delicate wooden goblet for Friday night Kiddush, or help his 14 year old grandson build a 3D printer, demonstrates his insatiable fascination and curiosity with material, form and function that has been a central focus of his architectural interests over many decades. This adds to his above documented creativity and social sensitivity, dynamism and ability to embrace new technologies – qualities that have so prominently characterized his career.

TEAM

Anat Morderer

Anna Perlman

Carlos Gerstein

David Natan

Dmitri Mironov

Dmitri Turczynski

Eila Brand Adel

Eric Papenzler

Evlin Thizler

Hadas Azulay

Harry Brand

Hila Capon

Igor Kalina

Irina Kanchoker-Littenberg

Joan Marja

Kylie Adel

Leah Cohen

Lian Said

Monica Rothman

Ofir Yehoshua

Ofra Baruch

Ronit Tsarfati

Shmoel Frenklin

Smadar Shtivi

Sylvan Abramowitz

Tal Cohen

Tamar Telmor Balhsan

Terry Kantor

Valery Leonov

Victoria Taib

Yelena Narovliansky

Yevgeny Kigim

Yossi Matalon

Took part in the design of the projects.

CLIENTS

Azrieli Group.

Beit Shemesh Municipality.

Caesarea Development Company.

Clalit Health Services.

Grofit.

Globus Construction & Development Investments.

Industrial Buildings Corporation.​

Industrial Parks.

Israel Airports Authority.

Israel Lands Authority.

Jerusalem Development Authority

Local  Authorities.

Maccabi Health Services.

Ministry of Defense.

Ministry of Health.

Ministry of Housing.

Ministry of Industry and Commerce.

Ministry of Interior.

Ministry of Social Equality. 

Ness Ziona Municipality.

Private Developers from Israel and Abroad. 

Private Industrialists.

Tovei Hai'r Residence.

The Governmental Authority for Urban Renewal.

The Jewish Agency.

The National Insurance Institute.

Zichon Ya'akov Municipality.

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