Mordechai Ben Hurin


Mordechai "Moti" Ben-Hurin was an Israeli architect.

Biography

Ben-Hurin was a fourth-generation native of Eretz Israel, a descendant of the Raab family, and the son of Leah and engineer Moshe Ben-Hurin (Ginzburg), with whom he partnered until his father's death in 1972. He graduated with honors from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa in 1956.
Ben-Hurin was responsible for designing some of the most prominent and original office buildings and public institutions in Israel, including the Asia House and Metzudat Ze'ev in Tel Aviv, the residential tower above Dizengoff Center, and the Leonardo Plaza Hotel Jerusalem. He also designed many private homes, particularly in Savyon, and a number of schools, dormitories, and dining halls for Youth Aliyah institutions across Israel.
During the 1980s, he served as the in-house architect of Ben Gurion Airport and was responsible for designing the arrivals hall, reception area, and VIP lounge in Terminal 1. He resigned from the planning of the new Terminal 3, stating it was "megalomaniac and entirely unnecessary at this stage." He proposed an alternative solution to the Israel Airports Authority involving the expansion of the existing terminal, but it was rejected.
Ben-Hurin continued working until his final days, including planning an office tower above the original Asia House he designed in 1970.
In 2015, he deposited his professional archive in the Israel Architecture Archive.
He lived in Savyon and died on 23 October 2020 at the age of 90 due to a heart attack.

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