Herbert, Gilbert
HERBERT, Gilbert
HERBERT, Gilbert. Israeli (born South Africa), b. 1924. Genres: Architecture. Career: Lecturer in Architecture, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1947-61; Reader in Architecture and Town Planning, University of Adelaide, 1961-68; Part-time Professor, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, 1970-72, 1976-78; Associate Ed., South African Architectural Record, Johannesburg, 1949-60; Technion, Haifa, Associate Professor, 1968-72, Professor, 1972-92, Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, 1973-74, Mary Hill Swope Professor of Architecture, 1974-92, Professor Emeritus, 1992-. Publications: The Synthetic Vision of Walter Gropius, 1959; Martienssen and the International Style, 1975; Pioneers of Prefabrication, 1978; The Dream of the Factory-Made House: Walter Gropius and Konrad Wachsmann, 1984; (with S. Sosnovsky) Bauhaus-onthe-Carmel and the Crossroads of the Empire, 1993; (with I. Heinze-Greenberg) The Beginnings of Modern Architecture in Israel: The First Power Stations, 1921-1932, 1996; The Search for Synthesis: Selected Writings on Architecture and Planning, 1997; (with I. Heinze-Greenberg and S. Sosnovsky) In Search of Excellence: The Architecture and Building Projects of the Electric Industry in the Land of Israel 1921-1942. Address: Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion: Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Online address: herbert@tx.technion.ac.il