Haim Dotan, international architect, urban designer, poet, philosopher, educator and
artist. Following a career in Japan and the U.S.A., where he had a practice in Manhattan,
he established the firm of Haim Dotan Ltd. Architects in 1990 in Tel Aviv. The office
focuses on innovative cutting-edge architecture, research and construction, and designs
private and public projects in Asia, the Persian Gulf, Africa, Israel & Europe. Haim Dotan
is an architectural pioneer in developing construction techniques for residential,
commercial, industrial, educational and public institutions. In his projects, Architect Dotan
creates a new language in the global architectural landscape.
In 2011 Architect Haim Dotan was awarded Architect of the Year by the distinguished
Israeli magazine “Economics”. In 2010 Architect Haim Dotan was chosen as “Most
Distinguished Architect” by the Israel Association of United Architects. In 2008 Haim
Dotan won the Israel Foreign Ministry DBOT tender as the developer, contractor,
designer and architect of the Israel Pavilion in EXPO 2010 World Exhibition in Shanghai,
China.
Haim Dotan Ltd Architects, Israeli Pavilion, 2010
GENERAL
Nationality: Israel & USA
Birthplace: Jerusalem (1954)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / Selected
1990 - Present, Founder & CEO, Haim Dotan Ltd. Architects & Urban Designers
Tel Aviv, Israel
1985 -1990 Founder & CEO, Insight Architecture and Design, New York, U.S.A.
1984 -1985 Kisho Kurokawa Architects, Tokyo, Japan
1980 - 1984 BTA and HNTB, Los Angeles, California, USA
Haim Dotan Ltd Architects, Financial City, UAE 2006
EDUCATION
1984 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Master of Architecture
1981 University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Bachelor of Architecture
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
2011 Professor at Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts (SIVA), Fudan University,
Shanghai, China
2010 Master Professor at Beijing DeTao Masters Academy, Shanghai, China
2009 Advisory Professor at East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
1998 - 2007 Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
2002 - 2003 Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Bezalel Academy of
Fine Arts, Jerusalem, Israel
1990 - 1994 Senior Lecturer, Sadna School of Architecture, Tel Aviv, Israel
1990 - Present, Guest Critic, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
1988 Visiting Faculty, Pratt Institute, New York, USA
1987 Guest Critic, Columbia University, City College, New Jersey Tech, USA
1983 Teaching Assistant, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
New Academic University, Ashdod, Israel, 2015
HONORS & AWARDS
2011 Recipient of Shanghai Annual Book Design Prize with East China Normal
University Press for the books After the Rain and Echo in the Desert by the
Shanghai Municipality of Press & Publications
2011 Recipient of the distinguished Israeli national magazine Economics
“Architect of the Year 2011” award
2010 Recipient of Israel Association of United Architects “Most Distinguished
Architect of the Year 2010” award
2010 Recipient of USA Exhibitor Magazine, “Editor’s Choice” award, for the Israel
Pavilion in World EXPO 2010 Shanghai, China
2010 Winner of Israel Foreign Ministry DBOT tender to design, build, operate
and transfer the Israel Pavilion in World EXPO 2010, Shanghai, China
2006 Nominee for the Israel Prize in Architecture (Israel’s highest award)
2006 Recipient of the Israeli Building Construction Center award for “New
Architectural Language in Israel through 17 years of Development and
Improvement of New Building Technologies”.
2005 Nominee for the UIA (United International Architects) Gold Medal on behalf
of the United Architects of Israel
1998 Recipient of the Israel Engineering and Architects Association award for the
50th Anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, for professional
BOOKS & PERIODICALS / Selected
2010 Echo in the Desert - a new architectural manifest by Haim Dotan
Published by East China Normal University Press
2010 After the Rain - a new poetry & photography book by Haim Dotan
Published by East China Normal University Press
2010 Great Vision for Future, EXPO 2010 Shanghai Official book, China
2010 Beyond Design, 2010 Shanghai Expo, Architecture and Space Design,
Israel Pavilion, Dialog & Innovation for Better Life, Pages168-175,
Sandu Publishing Co., China
2010 “Expo 2010 Shanghai”, A+U, Architecture and Urbanism, Japan
2010 “Replanting Roots in Shanghai”, Asian Jewish Life Journal
2010 Various Chinese publications regarding EXPO 2010, including Shanghai
Jieifang Daily, Xinmim Evening News, Shanghai Top News, Shanghai
Magazine, Metro Shanghai, Art Magazine, Global Times.
For articles please refer to: http://www.haimdotan.com/?CategoryID=232
2008 “That is Not the Way to Build a Wall”, DO Magazine, Israel
2007 “Against the Background of Eternity” (in Russian), Building ARX 15,
Ukraine & Russia
2006 "Architecture Israele: Un Nuovo Linguaggio", Casa Vogue, Italy
2003 “The Architectural Box - The End of an Historical Era”, Perspectiva,
Magazine of the United Architects of Israel, No.17
2003 “Architectural Opposites - Towards 2010”, Mivnim magazine, Israel
2002 “Curiosity - Ashdod Concert Hall”, Architecture of Israel Quarterly, No. 50
2001 “The Semiotic Steel of Haim Dotan”, Architecture of Israel Quarterly, No. 44
1997 Special issue dedicated to the selected works of architect Haim Dotan
Architecture in Israel, No. 101, December 1997
Performing Arts Center, Ashdod, Israel, 2010
COMPETITIONS / Selected
2010 Winner, WORLD EXPO 2010, Israel National Pavilion, Shanghai, China
2005 Winner, The Walworth Barbour American International School, Israel
(In collaboration with Plesner Architects and H2L2 Architects, USA)
2004 Winner, The New Academic University Campus, Ashdod, Israel
2003 Winner, Rehovot Performing Arts Center, Rehovot, Israel
1998 Winner, Cross Israel Highway (with Israeli “Derech Eretz” and Canadian
Highway Inv. Ltd. and Hughes Aircrafts Systems Int. and SGE Groupe)
1996 Winner, Central Garage Building, Dead Sea factories Ltd, Sdom. Israel
1988 Winner of Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning national competition,
Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel (with architect Piltzer)
Rehovot Performing Arts Center, Israel
LECTURES & CONFERENCES / Selected
2011 The 6th Conference of the International Advisory Group,
Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, Fudan University, China, Lecture
2011 Peking University, Beijing, Lecture, "Urban Disaster or Ecological Paradise"
2011 Tongji University, Shanghai, Lecture
2011 School of Design, ZUCC University, Hangzhou, Lecture
2011 School of Design, East China Normal University, Shanghai, Lecture
2011 Department of Urban Planning, Chongqing, China, Lecture
2011 101 High School, Beijing, Lecture
2010 Shanghai Annual Book Fair, Lecture
2010 Shanghai Biennale of Design Conference, Lecture
2010 Israel Cultural Forum, Pudong, Shanghai, Lecture
2010 School of Design, East China Normal University, Shanghai, Lecture
2010 School of Design, College of Management, Rishon Lezion, Israel,Lecture
2010 School of Architecture, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, Lecture
2010 School of Architecture, Ariel University, Israel, Lecture
2009 Israel Design & Architecture Conference, Domus Magazine, Israel, Lecture
2009 Icon Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, Lecture “Future Urbanism”
2007 School of Architecture, WIZO Academy of Design and Education, Haifa,
Israel, Lecture "Nature, Architecture & Urban Design"
2005 “Architecture-Construction-Development”, Klil City of Windows,
Israel, conference designer, organizer and lecturer
2004 “Residential Architecture – Theory, Research, Design and Architecture”
Klil City of Windows, Israel, conference designer, organizer and lecturer
2003 The France-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Paris, Lecture“Israeli Architecture,
Past, Present and Future”
2003 School of Architecture, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, Lecture
“The End of the Box Epoch”,
2003 Society of Structural Engineers of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel, Lecture, “Architectural
Philosophy in Steel Construction: Past, Present and Future”
2003 Conference of Builders of Israel Association, Dead Sea, Israel, Lecture, “Dynamic
Architecture in a Changing Society,”
2002 Japan-Israel Chamber of Commerce, Tel Aviv, Lecture, "The Place of Japan in
the Creation of Architect Haim Dotan"
1992 “Two Banks of Ayalon Freeway: Architecture - Construction - Development”,
conference designer, organizer and lecturer
Andre Minkoff Auditorium, SCE College, Be'er Sheva, Israel
EXHIBITIONS / Selected
2011 DeTao Masters Academy – SIVA / Fudan University, China
2011 Blurring Boundaries, UIA-Israeli Biennale of Architecture, United
Architects of Israel
2009 Israel Pavilion EXPO 2010 Shanghai, Israel Design & Architecture
Conference, Domus Magazine, Israel
2008 Echo in the Desert, Solo exhibition, ZeZeZe Architecture Gallery
Tel Aviv, Israel
2007 School of Architecture, WIZO Academy of Design and Education,
Haifa, Israel
2003 Israeli Biennale of Architecture, United Architects of Israel
Minkoff Auditorium, Shamoon College of Engineering, Be'er Sheva,
2002 Electrical Engineering Building, Shamoon College of Engineering, Be'er
Sheva, Israel, United Architects of Israel
2002 Israeli Biennale of Architecture, United Architects of Israel
Drawings - Haim Dotan
Solar Tower, Israel 2009 School Be'er Sheva, Israel 2007 Housing Eilat, Israel 2007
SELECTED WORKS IN CHINA
Liangjiang Gateway Design, 2010
Chengdu Scientific Incubation Park of the Internet of Things, 2009
Glass Bridge, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, 2012
Glass Bridge, Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon, 2012
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