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Zvi Hecker

Profile of Zvi Hecker, headquartered in Germany. One project submitted by Zvi Hecker has been published on Architecture News Plus (ANP).

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Zvi Hecker

Brief description

Zvi Hecker architectural office was founded first in Tel Aviv in 1960 and than in Berlin in 1991. The office employs an international staff of architects, collaborators and interns, dedicated to professional practice, research and participation in international architectural competitions.

The focus and interest of the office span from urban planning to cultural and residential projects. At present it is involved among others in a town planning proposal for an area in Settimo Torinese, Italy, in the design of a hotel and apartment building on the Baltic Sea, in Poland, in the design and supervision of the now under construction Dutch Royal Police security complex in Schiphol International Airport, The Netherlands.

Zvi Hecker was born in Krakow in 1931, studied Architecture at Technion, Haifa and painting at the Avni Academy in Tel Aviv, taught Architecture at Université Laval in Quebec and Universität für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna. His work has been exhibited worldwide and he has won a number of architectural competitions.

In 1996 he was awarded the German Critic Prize for architecture in Germany and in 1999 received the Rechter prize for architecture in Tel-Aviv.

Published projects

: Amber Baltic Apartments by Zvi Hecker The Amber Baltic Project is an apartment house adjacent to the Amber Baltic Hotel. It comprises about 60-70 apartments of various sizes, the majority of which...

Key projects

2011-2013 Amber Baltic Apartments, Miedzyzdroje, Poland
2010-2013 Headquarters for the Royal Dutch Military Police, Airportof Schiphol, Amsterdam, The Netherland.
2007 Museum of Modern Art, Cracow, Poland
2006 Halle Marché Permanent, Bethune, France
2006 Aquarium and Aviry, Batumi, Georgia
2000 Museum of Modern Art, Bolzano, Italy
2000 Duisburg Jewish Cultural Centre, Duisburg, Germany
1996 Frederik Kiesler, Artiste, Architect Exposition, exhibition design, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
1996 Palmach Museum of History, Tel Aviv, Israel
1996 "Page", Memorial for the Lindenstraße Synagogue
1991 Heinz-Galinski Primary School, Berlin, Germany
1989 Tokyo International Forum Competition, Tokyo, Japan
1984-89 Spiral Apartment House, Ramat Gan, Israel
1973-82 Ramot Housing, Jerusalem, Israel
1964 Mechanical Laboratory Building at the Technion, Haifa, Israel
1963-67 Military Accademy in the Negev Desert, Israel
1961-63 Dubiner Apartments House, Ramat Gan, Israel
1960-63 City Hall of Bat Yam, Israel