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.
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ABOUTUS
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.
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Els Verbakel
founding partner of Derman Verbakel Architecture and the Head of the School of Architecture at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design where she also serves as Co-Chair for the UNESCO Chair for Urban Design and Conservation Studies.
Els Verbakel has taught architecture and urban design at Technion Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Columbia University, Princeton University, Pratt Institute, the University of Leuven. In 2013 she published the book In Search of the Public. Notes on the Contemporary American City, in 2008 she guest edited a special issue of AD Magazine titled Cities of Dispersal and in 2007 she published the book Constellations: Constructing Urban Design Practices. Els obtained a PhD in Architecture at Princeton University, New Jersey, a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia University, New York, a Postgraduate in Urban Design from the Polytechnic Institute of Catalunya, Spain and a Masters in Civil Engineering and Architecture from the University of Leuven, Belgium. Els was born and grew up in Belgium before moving to Barcelona. She lived for six years in New York before moving to Tel Aviv.
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Elie Derman
founding partner of Derman Verbakel Architecture, is a licensed architect in Israel and has lectured at the Masters Program in Urban Design at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem and at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
Elie Derman has taught architecture and urban design at Pratt Institute, New Jersey School of Architecture, and Colman College. His work and writings have been published in architectural journals worldwide and was exhibited at several occasions, such as exhibitions at the Erets Israel Museum, the Old Town Hall Gallery in Tel Aviv, and publications in AD Magazine, New Urbanisms 6 and Urban Life. He obtained a Bachelor of Architecture Degree at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (Jerusalem, 1998) where he graduated with excellence and a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design at Columbia University (New York, 2001), where he received the Excellence in Design Award as well as the Lowenfisch Prize for Best Final Design Project. Elie was born in Canada and grew up in Israel. He lived for six years in New York before returning to Tel Aviv.
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Liz Leibovich
Partner
is a senior partner of Derman Verbakel Architecture and an architect with B.ARCH and M.SC in urban planning from the Technion institute of technology.
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Elad Bocker
COO & Head of Studio
is Chief Operating Officer and Head of studio at Derman Verbakel Architecture and an architect with a B.ARCH from the Technion Institute of Technology.
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Lee Behar
Head of Studio & R&D
is a Head of studio at Derman Verbakel Architecture and an architect with a B.ARCH.ED from the The Neri Bloomfield School Of Design, WIZO, Haifa.
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Ahdi Alchalel
Head of Studio
is a Head of studio at Derman Verbakel Architecture and an architect with a B.ARCH from the Technion Institute of Technology.
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Giulia Temin
Senior architect
is an architect and head of graphic standard at Derman Verbakel Architecture with a M.ARCH from the Polytechnic of Milan, School of Architecture.
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Omri Guy
Head of Studio
is a Head of studio at Derman Verbakel Architecture and an architect with a B.ARCH from Ariel University.
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Avishai Zano
Senior architect
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture with a B.ARCH.ED from the The Neri Bloomfield School Of Design, WIZO, Haifa.
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Gabriel Elberg
Team Leader
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture with a B.ARCH from the Technion Institute of Technology.
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Mona Haj Yahya
Team Leader
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture with a B.ARCH from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
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Emily Deeb
Team Leader
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture with a B.ARCH from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
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Tal Ben Simhon
Architect
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture with a M.ARCH from the Technion Institute of Technology.
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Shuli janach
Architect
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture with a B.ARCH.ED from the The Neri Bloomfield School Of Design, WIZO, Haifa.
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Tania Nassar
Architect
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture and an architect with a B.ARCH from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
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Rotem varkovitzky
Architect
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture with a B.ARCH from the Technion Institute of Technology.
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Adan Farhat
Architect
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture with a M.ARCH from the Technion Institute of Technology.
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Yoav Ronat
Architect, R&D
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture and an architect with a B.ARCH from The David Azrieli School of Architecture.
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Rotem Harush Peled
planner
Is a planner at Derman Verbakel Architecture with a B.A in Political Science and Art History from the Hebrew University and M.UR.P from the Technion Institute of Technology.
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Hodaya Yekuti Saban
Architect
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture with a B.ARCH and .M.SC., M.UR.P from the Technion Institute of Technology.
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Shaden Khoury
Architect
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture with a M.ARCH from the Technion Institute of Technology.
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Elias said
Architect
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture and an architect with a B.ARCH from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
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Noam Rotem
Architect
is an architect at Derman Verbakel Architecture with a B.ARCH.ED from the The Neri Bloomfield School Of Design, WIZO, Haifa.
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Noa Yaniv
Planner
M.A in Geography and Urban and Regional Planning from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
B.A 'Cadets for Local Government' program, majored in Public Management and Policy, Political Science and History from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
B.A 'Cadets for Local Government' program, majored in Public Management and Policy, Political Science and History from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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Our Clients
Our office has a wide range of clients from the private and public sector. Our Projects of varying scales that are spread throughout the country from north to south.
Our list of clients includes the Israeli Ministry of Urban Regeneration, the municipalities of Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Ramla, Ashdod, Beer Sheva, Eilat, Herzliya, Holon, Rishon Lezion, Ramat Gan, Bat Yam, Ashkelon, Tiberias, Lod, Kiryat Gat, Givat Shmuel and others. Private and commercial customers such as Shikun&Binuy, Shafir, Azorim, Aura, Reality fund, Fifty Four Investments, Aharoni group and others.
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