Knafo Klimor Architects

Knafo Klimor Architects was founded by David Knafo and Tagit Klimor in 1980. The firm operates from two branches (one in Tel Aviv, Israel and one in Haifa, Israel) with a diverse staff including architects, urban planners and designers.
Knafo Klimor Architects rose to international prominence with their win of the 2007 International Competition for Sustainable Housing, held by Living Steel. The design introduced a new sustainable housing typology, called Agro-Housing, which combines agricultural practices and urban living conditions.
Tagit Klimor is a lecturer at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa.
Selected exhibitions
*July 2010 "The Visible and Invisible City", Gross Gallery, Tel Aviv
*May 2010 "Architecture of Necessity", WOOD 2010, Virserum Art Museum, Sweden (for Agro-Housing)
*March 2010 "Dwelling Fragments", The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan
*February 2010 "The First Haifa Mediterranean Biennale of Contemporary Art", Haifa (for Agro-Housing)
*June 2009 "Israel 2 - Project of the Year finalists 2007-2008", ZeZeZe Gallery, Tel Aviv Port
*May 2009 "Here and Now", Fredric R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv
*September 2008 "Dwelling in Green towards Sustainable Regionalism", ZeZeZe Gallery, Tel Aviv Port
*May 2008 "Facing Tomorrow", The Israeli Presidential Conference (for Agro-Housing - A New Way of Living)
*August 2007 "This is Israel, Contemporary Architecture from Israel", ZeZeZe Gallery, Tel Aviv Port (for Maalot Music Conservatory)
* September 2007 "China International Architectural Expo 2007", Beijing, China (for Agro-Housing)
* March 2007 "Here and Now", "Ot Haitzuv", Wohl Centre (for Ruppin Academic Library and Memorial)
* January 2007 "Conservation of historic buildings and sites - from study to realization", The third assembly for the preservation of construction heritage, Acre (for The Israeli Embassy in Paris - Rehabilitation and reconstruction & Churches Path Kfar Cana - two case studies)
* April 2006 "Haifachtura", Kastra, Haifa (for Haifa Police Headquarters, Neot Geriatric Hospital & Eco Housing)
* April 2006 "The Green Campus", Beit Berl College (for Ruppin Academic Library and Memorial)
* July 2006 "Our streets", Merhav, Tel Aviv Port (for The Churches Street - Kfar Cana)
* December 2005 "Architecture in Detail", The Israeli Architects association, Beit Yad Labanim Haifa, The 5th Israeli Architecture Biennial, Jerusalem (for Maalot Music Conservatory)
Awards
*2008 "The Transparent House", Public Building Design - Award for Excellence, “Klil Industries LTD”
*2008 "Scroll Of Light" Synagogue Caesarea, The Year Award by “Architecture of Israel” (AI)
*2007 "Agro-Housing", Wuhan, China, Winning Entry in Living Steel's International Competition for Sustainable Housing
*2006 Caesarea Hi-Tech Park, The Caesarea Development Company, Competition Winners
*2006 "Halal Saf" Installation Competition, Tel Aviv Port, Competition Winner
*2006 "Urban Life" Haifa, Engineering Administration Square, Haifa, Competition Winners
*2005 "Scroll Of Light" Synagogue Caesarea, Competition Winners
*2000 Residence Towers, Sapir, Haifa, The Quality Prize by Haifa Municipality
*1999 Academic Library and Memorial, Ruppin Academic Center, Competition Winners
*1998 "Sapir Heights" in Haifa, Housing Design Award of Best Design, Competition Winners
*1997 Sports Hall at Shoham, Merhav 97 Citation Award, Israeli Architects Association
*1995 Misgav Culture Center, The Israeli Architects Association Award
*1985 "The Public Place in the Kibbutz", The "Musa Harif” Award

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