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Kimmel Eshkolot Architects is an award-winning architecture studio with offices in Tel Aviv, New York City and Singapore. Founded in 1986 by Etan Kimmel and Michal Kimmel Eshkolot, the studio works across a range of scales and typologies, with a focus on cultural and civic projects, as well as urban design, residential, and interior design.
In 2025, the studio was awarded the Landau Prize – the first time the prestigious prize has been granted to an architectural practice – recognizing its long-standing contribution to the field and continued design excellence.
With a team of over 30 architects, Kimmel Eshkolot is currently involved in projects across Israel, Europe, the United States, and Asia. Recent international commissions include the Albanian Jewish Museum, currently under construction following a first-prize win in an international competition, and Malka, the studio's first major U.S. project – a restaurant in Palm Beach, Florida – which was selected for Architectural Record’s 2025 Record Interiors, spotlighting the best-designed interiors worldwide.
The studio’s early work in the preservation and rehabilitation of Tel Aviv’s historic Neve Tzedek neighborhood earned it the Rokach Prize for Architecture in 1993. Since then, it has won multiple national competitions for significant public projects, including the expansion of the government compound in Jerusalem, the Davidson Museum in the Archaeological Park near the Western Wall, and the Memorial Hall for Israel’s Fallen on Mount Herzl.
In 2011, Kimmel Eshkolot received the Rechter Prize for Architecture, Israel’s most prestigious architectural award, for a rehabilitation center in Be’er Sheva. That project was also selected as Project of the Year by Israeli Architecture magazine. In 2018, the studio’s Memorial Hall on Mount Herzl received the International Award for Excellence from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and was named one of RIBA’s 20 best new buildings worldwide.
Etan Kimmel
Co-Founder
Graduate of The Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1985.
Senior Lecturer at The Technion Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Haifa, since 2002.
Lecturer at The Faculty of Architecture at Tel Aviv University between 2005-2012.
Guest lecturer at The Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, Netherlands, 2009.
Appointed as professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning of the Technion, Haifa, on 2021.
Senior Lecturer at The Technion Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Haifa, since 2002.
Lecturer at The Faculty of Architecture at Tel Aviv University between 2005-2012.
Guest lecturer at The Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, Netherlands, 2009.
Appointed as professor at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning of the Technion, Haifa, on 2021.
Michal Kimmel-Eshkolot
Co-Founder
Graduate of The Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 1985.
Lecturer at The Faculty of Architecture, Tel Aviv University, since 1998.
Chair person of the Israeli Architects Association of TLV and Central Israel, 2001-2003.
Guest lecturer at The Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, Netherlands, 2009.
Lecturer at The Faculty of Architecture, Tel Aviv University, since 1998.
Chair person of the Israeli Architects Association of TLV and Central Israel, 2001-2003.
Guest lecturer at The Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, Netherlands, 2009.
Yotam Cohen-Sagi
Partner
Graduate of The Faculty of Architecture of Tel-Aviv University, 2009.
Joined the practice in 2007 and became partner Architect in 2020.
Joined the practice in 2007 and became partner Architect in 2020.
Limor Amrani
Partner
Graduate with honors of The Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 2008.
Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, Netherlands exchange program, 2006-2007.
Awarded the Arthur Shragenheim prize for 5th-year thesis in architecture -Technion IIT.
Lecturer at The Technion Faculty of Architecture, Haifa, 2016.
Joined the practice in 2008 and became a partner in 2021.
Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft, Netherlands exchange program, 2006-2007.
Awarded the Arthur Shragenheim prize for 5th-year thesis in architecture -Technion IIT.
Lecturer at The Technion Faculty of Architecture, Haifa, 2016.
Joined the practice in 2008 and became a partner in 2021.
More Gelfand
New York Studio Director | Partner
Graduated from The Faculty of Architecture at Tel Aviv University in 2013.
Won the Azrieli Award for Architecture (3rd place) in 2013.
Joined the practice in 2011, became a senior architect in 2019 and a Partner Director in 2024.
Won the Azrieli Award for Architecture (3rd place) in 2013.
Joined the practice in 2011, became a senior architect in 2019 and a Partner Director in 2024.
Vered Königsberg Bengio
Singapore Studio Director | Associate
Graduated with honors from The Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, 2011.
Graduate of the Technicon program for excellence, 2008-2011.
Awarded the Tollman’s Prize for interior design – Technion IIT.
Awarded the Ilana Libman prize for best accomplishments – Technion IIT.
Joined the practice in 2012, became a senior architect in 2017, and an associate in 2020.
Graduate of the Technicon program for excellence, 2008-2011.
Awarded the Tollman’s Prize for interior design – Technion IIT.
Awarded the Ilana Libman prize for best accomplishments – Technion IIT.
Joined the practice in 2012, became a senior architect in 2017, and an associate in 2020.
Naomi Klein
Senior Architect and Team Leader
Graduate of The Faculty of Architecture, Tel Aviv University, 2012.
Joined the practice in 2015 and became a senior architect in 2021.
Joined the practice in 2015 and became a senior architect in 2021.
Shahar Albarak
Senior Architect and Team Leader
Joined the practice after graduating from the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the Technion in 2018, and became a senior architect in 2023.
Eka Janashia
Senior Architect
Joined the practice in 2021 and became a senior architect in 2024.
Amit Sadik
Senior Architect - NYC Office
Adi Kooby
Architect
Amit Deutch
Architect
Avi Bloch
Architect
Chen Lavi
Architect | Head of PR
Danielle Prashkovsky
Architect
Daniya Dadi
Architect
Liel Dodge
Architect
Liraz Kaminsky
Architect
Maya Sanderovich
Architect
Mirit Tshuva
Architect
Shai Cristallo
BIM Manager
Shani Kenzie
Architect
Shir Kedmi
Architect
Tal Benshimol
Architect
Tamar Kerber
Architect
Yoel Gaft
Architect
Yotam Freyman
Architect
Yuval Rudis
Architect
Team members:
Adi Kooby, Adi Shmueli, Amit Deutch, Amit Sadik, Avi Bloch, Chen Lavi, Danielle Prashkovsky, Daniya Dadi, Einav Levy, Eka Janashia, Greg Gotlif, Liel Dodge, Liraz Kaminsky, Maayan Levitin, Maya Sanderovich, Mirit Tshuva, Shahar Ganon, Shai Cristallo, Shani Kenzie, Shir Kedmi, Siwar Naddaf, Tal Benshimol, Tamar Kerber, Yoel Gaft, Yotam Freyman, Yuval Rudis