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{{Infobox artist
| name          = Israel Goodovitch
| native_name      = ישראל גודוביץ'
| native_name_lang = he
| image         = Israel goodovitch.jpg
| caption       = Israel Goodovitch (2003)
| birth_date    = {{birth-date|1934}}
| birth_place   = [[Haifa]] 
| death_date    = 
| death_place   = 
| nationality   = [[Israeli people|Israeli]]
| field         = [[Architecture]]

}}
[[File:חדראוכלכרםשלום5845.JPG|thumb|Dining hall in Kerem Shalom kibbutz]]
'''Israel Meir Goodovitch''' ({{langx|he|ישראל מאיר גודוביץ'}}, born 1934) is an Israeli architect and [[urban designer]], known mostly as the former City Engineer of [[Tel Aviv|Tel Aviv Yafo]]. 

==Biography==
Goodovitch was born in [[Haifa]], son of Ya’akov and Frida, who was the granddaughter of Rabi Arie leib Hacohen Popka and the great-granddaughter of [[Chofetz Chaim]], Yisrael Meir Kagan. He was born 4 months after the death of Chofetz Chaim, and was named after him<ref name="Architecturology">Goodovitch, Israel M. "Architecturology: An Interim Report." (1967).</ref>.
Israel graduated Tichon Hadash high school in [[Haifa]], and studied architecture in the [[Technion – Israel Institute of Technology]]<ref>Aleksandrowicz, DI Or. "ARCHITECTURE'S UNWANTED CHILD: BUILDING CLIMATOLOGY IN ISRAEL, 1940-1977." Doctoral diss., Vienna University of Technology (2015).</ref>


==Professional Career==
In 1959 Goodovitch received an award from [[Histadrut|Israeli Histadrut]] Fund for Young Creators<<ref name="Architecturology">.

Between the years 1961 and 1963, he was a student of [[Kenzo Tange]] in the the Department of Architecture of [[Tokyo University]]. He joined the group of architects [[Arata Isozaki]] and Reiko Tomita and was part of the group that planned the Olympic complex of the [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Olympic games in Tokyo]]<ref name="Architecturology">. He received a Ph.D. in urban design from the Department of Architecture, Tokyo University in 1963.

In 1964 Goodovitch came back to Israel and served as director of Planning and Design in the [[Ministry of Construction (Israel)|Israeli Ministry of Housing]]<ref name="Architecturology">. In 1973, Goodovitch joined Israeli Transportation Highway company, where he served as a consultant advisor until 1975. While in office, Goodovitch planned the Division of Steel [[Six Days War]] monument in [[Yamit]], [[Sinai Peninsula|Sinai]]<ref>Aleksandrowicz, Or. "Appearance and performance: Israeli building climatology and its effect on local architectural practice (1940–1977)." Architectural Science Review 60.5 (2017): 371-381.</ref>. 

Between 1975 and 1998, Goodovitch was the head planner of several projects, including:
*  “The Growing House” (“Envelope System”), [[Or Yehuda|Or-Yehuda]], Israel, 1975-1978.
*  Indoor Basketball Hall, 3,500 seats, [[Zemach]], Israel, 1976.
*  Olympic Stadium, 60,000 seats, [[Johannesburg]], [[Pretoria]], [[South Africa]], 1983.
*  Olympic Stadium, 60,000 seats, Pretoria, South Africa, 1985.
*  10,000 low cost housing units, Johannesburg, Pretoria, South Africa, 1986-1987.
*  [[Holiday Inn]] Hotel, [[Tiberias]], Israel, 1982-1985.
*  “[[Sonol]]” Gas station, Shaar Haaliya, Haifa, Israel, 1980.
*  “City Tower”, High-rise office-building, Tel-Aviv, Israel, 1995.
*  New-York Skyscraper - idea project for George Klein Co., [[New York City|N.Y]]., 1986-1987.
*  “Moscow hotel”, “Acor group”, Paris-Lion-Jerusalem, 1998.

===Tel Aviv Yafo City Engineer===
In 1998 Goodovitch joined the [[Ron Huldai]] campaign for mayor of Tel Aviv Yafo. During the campaign period, Goodovitch was the first to coin the term “The Historic City of Tel Aviv Yafo”. After Huldai’s victory, Goodovitch was appointed as Tel Aviv Yafo City Engineer<ref>[https://www.globes.co.il/news/m/article.aspx?did=76993][[Globes]]; accessed 23 October 2020</ref>. Goodovitch served in office, defining the future development of Israel’s central metropolitan, until he retired in 2000, at the age of 66<ref name="Maariv">[https://www.maariv.co.il/lifestyle/Article-691663],[[Maariv]];accessed 23 October 2020</ref>. 

In the year 2000 Goodovitch served as chairman of the Israel Institute of Architects & Town Planners. In 2004, he became a special assistant to [[Zurab Tchiaberashvili]], Mayor of [[Tbilisi]]<ref name="Maariv"></ref>.  

In 2004, Goodovitch established his private office, “Goodovitch Architects”.
Since 2005, Goodovitch is the chairman of “United Architects & Engineers of Israel”<ref name="Maariv"></ref>.

==Private Life==
Israel got married with Erela, a fellow architect and his business partner, in the 1950's. The couple has two sons: public transportation expert Tomer Goodovitch, and architect Dekel Goodovitch.

==Publications==
*  “Architecturology”- published by George Allen & Unwin, London, U.K., 1967.
* “Red Tape”- Homage to Prof. N. Parkinson, published by “Mabat” art gallery, Tel-Aviv, 1980.
* “40X40” 40 High-Rises 40 Years, Am Oved Publishers, Tel-Aviv, 2007.



==Gallery==
<gallery>
|Field school in [[Hatzeva]], Israel
File:YADHANA13.jpg|Dining hall  and social club in [[Yad Hana]], 1975 Kibbutz, Israel 


File:Steel Division War Memorial, Israel.jpg| Division of Steel Six Days War monument


File:Meoc fasad.jpg|The Jewish Community Center in [[Moscow]]
</gallery>


==See also==

*[[Architecture in Israel]]

==External links==

* {{Official Website|/https://www.goodovitch.com/about1-c1mgh/|}} 

==References==
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