Carl Rubin (architect)

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Carl Rubin (Hebrew: קרל רובין; 24 June 1899 – 7 February 1955) was an Israeli architect known for the International Style in Tel Aviv. He was born in Sniatyn, Galicia (then part of Austria-Hungary; now Ukraine). Rubin studied architecture at the University of Vienna and moved to Eretz Israel in 1920, settling in Tel Aviv.

In 1931 he went to Berlin to work for Erich Mendelsohn, whose ideas influenced his designs. He returned to Tel Aviv in 1932, opened his own office, and helped shape the city’s growth. Rubin’s work contributed to Tel Aviv’s White City, later recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.

Important designs and projects:
- Remodeling of the building that became Israel’s Independence Hall (Rothschild Boulevard 16)
- Redesigned the home of Tel Aviv Mayor Meir Dizengoff, which was donated to the city as the first Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- Beit Hadar (Citrus House), 1935–36, the first Tel Aviv building with a steel frame
- Rivka Greenwald House
- Dr. Sadovsky House at 85 Rothschild Boulevard (built 1933; sold for about $7 million in 2007)

Rubin designed many residential complexes in Tel Aviv. He died on 7 February 1955 and is buried in the Old Cemetery in Herzliya. He was married to Margot Rubin.