Tag: Technion

01Jun 2018

A Co-Working Innovation and More News From Israel!

The Weekly News Has Moved to Friday! We want to wish all our readers here and followers on Facebook as well, a beautiful weekend and quality time spent with family and loved ones.  The picture above is from Co-Working Company Selina at their Playa Veano location in Panama. The Israeli startup is making waves in […]

13Aug 2017

On the Surface

South African Architects Changing the Face of Israel The passing in July 2017 of Gilbert Herbert, Professor Emeritus and former Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at Haifa’s prestigious Technion, brought home the contribution of South Africans to transforming Israel’s architectural landscape. In 1997, I interviewed  Prof. Herbert following a ceremony at the […]

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08Aug 2017

PROFESSOR EMERITUS GILBERT HERBERT

by Prof. Hary Brand   Gilbert Herbert was born in Johannesburg on 22 June 1924, the third son of Benjamin and Sophia Herbert.  Educated at Parktown Boys High School, he matriculated with distinction in English, Science, Mathematics and Art. He studied Architecture at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg from 1942-46, being a frequent prize-winner […]