Munio Gitai Weinraub | |
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 Munio Gitai Weinraub, Bauhaus, 1930 | |
| Born | March 6, 1909 Szumlany, Schlesien |
| Died | September 24, 1970 Haifa, Israel |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Years active | 1932-1970 |
| Known for | Planning of administration and library building of Yad Vashem-The World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Jerusalem, Munio Weinraub, 1953-1955. The Hydraulic Institute, Technion, Haifa, Munio Weinraub et Al Mansfeld, 1953-1956. Meiser Institute for Jewish Studies, Givat-Ram Campus, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Munio Weinraub et Al Mansfeld, 1955-1957. "Lighthouse for the Blind", Kiryat Haim, Munio Weinraub et Al Mansfeld, 1956-1958. Kiryat Hamemshala, government complex in Jerusalem. |
| Spouse(s) | Efratia Munchik Margalit, marriage 1936 |
| Children | Gideon Gitai (1940-2019), Amos Gitai |
Munio Gitai Weinraub (March 6, 1909 – September 24, 1970) was an Israeli architect, a pioneer of modern architecture and urban and environmental planning in Israel, and one of the most prominent representatives of the Bauhaus heritage in the country. Throughout his 36 years career, Weinraub was responsible for the construction and planning of thousands of housing units, workers' housing units and private homes in and around Haifa. Weinraub took part in the initial planning of the Hebrew University campus in Givat Ram and the Yad Vashem Museum in Jerusalem. From the beginning of his career, Weinraub sought to combine the values of Hannes Meyer's social planning with the meticulous construction art of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. His works are designed out of deep social sensitivity and are characterized by minimalist geometry, simple and modest presence and efficient functional planning. Inspired by his teacher Mies van der Rohe, Weinraub chose to give up "problems of form" in order to dedicate himself to "problems of construction" and focus on the act of construction itself, the treatment of the material and the processing of the architectural individual.