Moshe Agmon

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Moshe Agmon, painter, born 1934, Amsterdam.

Education

Bezalel, Jerusalem
Advanced studies with Ardon

Awards and Prizes

1985 ''Leone di Petra'' Prize at Venice Biennale for architecture
1987 won Urban Design Competition of the International Bauausstellung (IBA), Berlin, for his ''City Edge'' plan
1989 won international competition for design for extension of the Berlin Museum, including the Jewish Department, (built 1993). 1978-85 Held various academic appointments at major universities in U.S.A., Italy, Denmark and England. 1986-89 Founded and directed the architecture Intermundium, a non-profit institute for architecture, Milan. 1987 Participated in DeConstructivist architectural exhibition at Museum of Modern Art, New York. From 1990 has worked on and been involved with cultural and architectural projects including the permanent pavilion for the World's Greenery Fair, Osaka, Japan
Urban Design Scheme for the City of Groningen, Holland
Berlin Pavilion for SIME (Salon International des Musees et des Expositions), Grand Palais, Paris
Office complex in Wiesbaden, Germany
urban housing and office villa, Berlin
garden for the Polderlands, Amsterdam
new living environment for the Vitra Corporation, Basel, Switzerland. 2004 Oversees the rebuilding of the Worls Trade Center in New-York. Lives and works in New-York.