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 Be’er 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 neighborhood of Tel Aviv. For their projects in the area they were awarded the Rokach Prize for Architecture in 1993. Their recent work, in addition to the design of large-scale public buildings, includes urban research and design: In 2016 they won a competition to develop a masterplan for a “vertical city” project in an area in the center of Tel Aviv, which will gradually become vacant as the IDF headquarters relocates from it; The year before they won a competition for the design of a new neighborhood in the North of Tel Aviv, in an area of 100 hectars next to the Pardessim River route. Our team is made of 20 architects. Please visit our website to learn more about our work