DERMAN VERBAKEL ARCHITECTURE is an architecture and urbanism firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Our work ranges from urban design, urban planning, landscape architecture and public buildings to housing, commercial as well as academic research.
DERMAN VERBAKEL ARCHITECTURE is an architecture and urbanism firm based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Our work ranges from urban design, urban planning, landscape architecture and public buildings to housing, commercial as well as academic research. Our work includes the Strategic Plan for Tel Aviv - Yafo, urban renewal and Master plan of the city center of Lod, a Masterplan for the Manshiya neighborhood between Tel Aviv and Jaffa, the winning proposal for the Masterplan and Landscape of IDF’s new intelligence campus in the Negev, and many other projects from Kiryat Shmona in the north to Eilat in the south of Israel.
Our office was established in New York in 2001 by architects Els Verbakel and Elie Derman, after developing a winning design proposal for the international design competition Europan 6. In the same year we were among the recipients of the Venezuela National Architecture Award for a disaster relief proposal in the state of Vargas. In addition, our office received the Israeli Design Award both in 2012 and in 2013, and was nominated for the prestigious Condé Nast award for Innovation and Design in London. Our work has been exhibited in New York, France, Rome, Barcelona, Rotterdam, Belgium and Israel and published worldwide in leading architecture and design magazines such as A+, The Architect, Metropolis, AD Magazine, Dezeen, Archdaily and more.
As one of the leading architecture firms in Israel we work with a variety of clients and projects in the private and public market. Our office is one of the recognized planning companies for the Ministry of Construction and Housing and The Governmental Authority for Urban Renewal.
We are committed to providing the highest professional standards placing availability and continuity as the first priority in a one-to-one relationship with our clients. Every single project receives our maximum personal attention in which understanding program requirements, project demands and site parameters together with the client form an important point of departure. Our approach is based on providing flexible design tools allowing for clients to be part of the design process and to control project budgets.